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Estate of the artist
Dona Maria Barbara Padilla y Flores
Dona Rosario Paz de Perez
Dona Lourdes Perez del Rosario, thence by
descent.
Literature:
De la Paz, Christian L., Private Collections, 2009,
p. 241
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The piece is accompanied by a certificate issued
by Mr. Andrew Ang confirming the authenticity of
the lot.
This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued
by Name confirming the authenticity of this lot.
Kiukok paints fish with all their bones exposed and intentionally
avoided the scale and skin as these would render them too
realistic.
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nonfeci ptere, consimor aut vehem sero utermilne cre iame
faci ta re cotem ublinat imorte, stripica; et dieris etis patum nos
ad inatiam am am estre potia? Um nontest escendet faciae.
From being dark, foreboding, and even grim, Kiukok's fish
series steadily evolved with years to become more celebratory
and upbeat. This work from 1975 straddles that transitory
period, the cusp, where he moves, as it were, into the light.
Property from the Sylvia Roces-Montilla Collection
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This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued
by Name confirming the authenticity of this lot.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Al amic gustavo camps", this
charcoal work of a street violinist accompanied by a child
holding up a platter for alms is, in all likelihood, one of the
many interesting denizens that peppered the streets of
Barcelona which he called home from for nine years.
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Manuel Rodriguez Sr.
1915
(a.) Bayohan
Signed and dated 1 9 7 1 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Etc hing, artist's co p y
24 3/4 " x 19 1/2 " (62 . 8 c m x 4 9 . 5 c m )
(b.) Warrior
Etc hing, artist's co p y
24 3/4 " x 19 1/2 " (62 . 8 c m x 4 9 . 5 c m )
(a.) An early work from 1945, this piece is an outstanding example
of how Rodriguez is able to meld his mastery of the printmaking
technique (a Western form) with that of traditional Filipino imagery,
such as the one rendered here in modernist mode: male and
female figures pounding grain and formed by geometric shapes.
(b.) Another fine example of how Rodriguez deftly brings together
Western art styles with a uniquely Filipino subject matter, in this
case a tribesman with a shield adorned with traditional patterns, a
spear and earrings.
P 12,000
Provenance:
Private collection, New York.
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Mauro “Malang” Santos
1928
F l o w e r Ve n d o r
Signed and dated 1992 (lower left)
Print, 231/500
10” x 8” (25.4cm x 20.3cm)
P 1,000
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Ronald Ventura 1973
Retrace
Signed, titled, and d a t e d 1 9 9 9 ( b o t t o m )
Mixed media on p a p e r
12 1/2 " x 9" (31.7c m x 2 2 . 8 c m )
P 60,000
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Ang Kiukok
1931 - 2005
Christ III
Signed and dated 1 9 9 4 ( u p p e r l e f t )
Pe n and Ink
12" x 9" (30.48cm x 2 2 . 8 6 c m )
P 14,000
Provenance:
With Finale Art file.
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Jorge Pineda 1879 - 1946
Bamboo in the Fields
Signed and dated 1934 (upper right)
Oil on canvas
14" x 11" (35.56cm x 27.94cm)
P 70,000
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Tam Austria 1943
Mother and Child
Oil on canvas
36" x 48" (91.44cm x 121.92cm)
P 160,000
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Diosdado Lorenzo 1906 - 1983
Bahay Kubo
Oil on wood panel
25 1/2 " x 28" (64.7 c m x 7 1 . 1 c m )
P 150,000
Provenance:
With Galleria Duemilla
Literature:
A. Guillermo, Diosdado Lorenzo: Art Rebel to Legend, Manila
2009, p. 209.
This work by Lorenzo from 1953 entitled "Bahay Kubo" is a pertinent
example of how the artist remained committed to his favorite subject matter,
rural landscapes, even as he pursued a more modernist bent. It is said that
he was greatly influenced by Italian Naturalism and Impressionism, which is
not at all unlikely due to his further studies at the Accademia de Belle Arti
and the Scuola Libera, both in Italy.
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Victorio Edades 1895 - 1985
Female Nude
Signed and date d 1 9 7 4 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Charcoal on pap e r
11" x 16 1/2 " (27 . 9 c m x 4 1 . 9 c m )
Elias Laxa 1904 -1990
Lake Scene
Signed and dated 1973 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
28" x 35" (71.1cm x 88.9cm)
P 60,000
P 30,000
Provenance:
A gift from the artist (with dedication in verso).
Provenance:
Estate of the artist, thence by descent.
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Pacita Abad 1946 - 2004
Joker
Signed and dated 1 9 9 0 ( l o w e r l e f t )
Acrylic and oil on c a n v a s
22" x 37" (55.88cm x 9 3 . 9 8 c m )
P 60,000
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Pacita Abad travelled extensively as an artist and the periods that comprise
her works are marked by the many places she had visited or resided in.
"Joker," the title of this piece from 1990, was made during the tail-end of
Abad's return and four-year stay in Washington, DC. During this time, she
also visited Mexico wherein its rich culture served as an influence in her art.
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Angelito Antonio 1939
T h e F i s h Ve n d o r
Oil on wood
22" x 18" (55.8cm x 45.7cm)
P 10,000
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Geraldine Javier
1970
Ang Sipay
Signed, Inscribed "Ang Sipay" (bottom)
Print (1/6)
1 3 3/4" x 1 1 " ( 3 4 . 9 c m x 2 7 . 9 c m )
P 6,000
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Romulo Olazo
1934
Untitled 83
Mixed media
36" x 48" (91.44cm x 1 2 1 . 9 2 c m )
P 240,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany.
This work by Olazo is not all that common as its predominant color is yellow
-- bright, bursting -- as opposed to his penchant for monochromatic hues.
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Jose Joya
1931 - 1995
(a.) Anibong
S i g ned and dated 1977 (lo w e r r i g h t )
C h arcoal on paper
7 3 / 4 " x 10 1/2 " (19.69cm x 2 6 . 6 7 c m )
Provenance:
Private collection, Navotas.
Both pieces are accompanied by certificates issued by Mrs.
Josefa Joya-Baldovino confirming the authenticity of the lots.
(b.) Donato
House
C h arcoal on paper
7 3 / 4 " x 10 1/2 " (19.69cm x 2 6 . 6 7 c m )
P 18,000
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Vicente Manansala 1910 - 1981
Tr e e s
Wa t e rc o l o r o n p a p e r
3 0 1/2" x 2 4 1/2" ( 7 7 . 4 c m x 6 2 . 2 c m )
P 70,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Makati.
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Property Formerly in the Galeria Duemila Collection
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Lee Aguinaldo 1933 - 2007
Yellow Circulatio n N o . 3
1975
Ac rylic
24 1/50 " x 24 1/50 " ( 6 1 c m x 6 1 c m )
P 120,000
Literature:
M.V. Herrera, et. al, The Life and Times of Lee Aguinaldo,
Quezon City 2011, p. 262
The painting is accompanied by a certificate issued by Galeria
Duemila confiriming the authenticity of the lot.
“Yellow is a very favorable vibration for mental or intellectual activity as
it promotes a clear state of mind. Yellow heightens your awareness and
alleviates depression, sadness, or any kind of despondency.” (T. Yun
Kim, The First Element: Secrets to Maximizing Your Energy.”) The late Lee
Aguinaldo was an avid student of Josef Albers’s theory on the interaction of
color, of which his series “Homage to the Square” was the visual exemplar.
Appropriating the geometric shape, Aguinaldo produced his own series titled
“Circulation.” (The other series he was famous for was titled “Linear.”) Within
the tight and disciplined confine of the square, Aguinaldo held in opposition
one dominant color hemmed in by the tension of another, closing in from
all four sides. The result is the extraordinary radiance that emanates as if
from within a molten light, summoned by the artist’s masterly and controlled
handling of the brush, which gradates the distribution of pigment to fine
degrees of either warm or cold hues and tones.
As one of the pioneers of Philippine abstraction, Lee Aguinaldo left an
enduring legacy of artworks – refined, contemplative, intensely minimalist but
redeemed by his exquisite taste for bold and braze colors.
- Cid Reyes
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Ferdinand Cacnio
1960
Kubo by the Lake
Signed and dated 2012 (base)
Mixed media
1 4 " x 7 1 / 2 " x 1 2 1 / 4 " ( 3 5 . 5 6 c m x 1 9 . 0 5 c m x 3 1 . 1 2 cm)
(no base)
P 40,000
This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the
artist confirming the authenticity of the lot.
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Fernando Zobel
1924 - 1984
Lines and Circles I
Signed and inscribed "P/A" (lower left)
Etching, artist's copy
5 3/4" x 7 3/4" ( 1 4 . 6 c m x 1 9 . 6 c m )
(a.)
Lines and Circles II
Signed and inscribed "48/65" (lower left)
Etching
6 3/4" x 8 3/4" ( 1 7 . 1 c m x 2 2 . 2 c m )
(b.)
P 6,000
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Marina Cruz 1982
Flower Girls
Signed and dated 2 0 1 1 ( r i g h t )
Oil on canvas
60" x 48" (152.2 x 1 2 1 . 9 2 c m )
P 80,000
Marina Cruz’ multimedia works delve on the unearthed and retrieved—from
infant dresses to empty domestic spaces to old photographs.
By gently probing into the past, she explores the challenge of giving visibility
and materiality to such absence. Flower Girls is one such representation
wherein Cruz paints a portrait of two grave girls clothed in white. For
Cruz, materialization does not end with the evidence but in the active
performance--hence the artist’s intervention of “sewing” and “stitching”
another layer, as if to confirm the authenticity of the proof.
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Manuel Rodriguez Jr.
1942
Mountain Run
Signed 1993 (lower left)
Oil on canvas
35" x 24" (88.9cm x 60.96cm)
P 40,000
Literature:
M. Duldulao, Twentieth Century Philippine Artists,’ Vol. 1,
China 1995, p. 181
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Demetrio dela Cruz 1971
Baka
S i g n e d a n d d a t e d 2 0 1 1 ( l o w er left)
Oil on canvas
7 3 1/2" x 7 3 1/2" ( 1 8 6 . 6 9 c m x
186.69cm)
P 90,000
Provenance:
With Pinto Gallery.
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J. Elizalde Navarro regarded himself first and foremost as an abstractionist.
As such he has always held as a primary influence on his works the art of
the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, regarded, together with Piet Mondrian,
as the pioneer of abstraction.
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Jerry Elizalde Navarro
1924-1999
Unforgettable V i s i t t o M a n h a t t a n , N e w Yo r k
Signed and dated 1 9 5 4 ( l e f t )
Oil on canvas
57" x 35" (144.78 c m x 8 8 . 9 c m )
P 280,000
The painting is accompanied by a certificate issued by the
artist confiriming the authenticity of the lot.
Kandinsky was obsessed with geometric forms, in particular the circle,
which he believed to be “a link with the cosmic”. In 1926, he painted a work
titled “Several Circles”, a groundbreaking work that showed the path to
endless possibilities.
Navarro himself found a deeply spiritual affinity with the circle, which later,
in his own distinctive style, he evolved and applied in round, flat discs of
multicolored acrylic globules, massed and orchestrated in a pointillistic
manner. “The Unforgettable Visit” memorializes the very first time the artist
set foot in New York where, at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), he
beheld for the first time, and was spellbound by the sight of Kandinsky’s
life – changing works.
– Cid Reyes
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Serafin Serna 1895 - 1985
Dalagan g B u k i d
Signed a n d d a t e d 1 9 5 4 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Oil on ca n v a s
21" x 26 2/5 " (53 cm x 67 cm)
Miguel Galvez
P 25,000
P 12,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Baguio.
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1912 - 1989
Lavanderas
Signed (lower right)
Oil on canvas
18" x 24" (45.72cm x 60.96cm)
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Teodoro Buenaventura 1863 - 1950
Untitled
Oil on canvas
28" x 33" (71.1cm x 8 3 . 8 c m )
P 90,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Makati.
Teodoro Buenaventura is considered as one of the early masters of classical
realism. In 1899, he opened a school in his home, the Academia de Dibujo
y Pintura, where, among those he mentored, was Isidro Ancheta, Jorge
Pineda, and Fernando Amorsolo.
As a sizable number of his oeuvre was shamefully destroyed during WWII, an
early work of this caliber - of beautiful, almost fairly-like maidens lounging by
a stream in a forest - comes only once very so often.
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Property from the Ramon and Cecille Blanco-Mitra Collection
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Gabriel Custodio 1912 - 1993
A s inan sa Cavite
O i l on canvas
2 3 1 / 2 " x 34 1/2 " (59.6cm x 8 7 . 6 c m )
Solomon Saprid
P 18,000
Custodio was a highly-skilled painter in the academic representational mold.
Conservative in style, he favored subjects such as rural scenes and
landscapes, such as this work which is a depiction of nipa huts surrounding
salt beds.
Sabungero
Brass
11 1/2 " x 6 1/2 " x 7
1/2 "
1917 - 2003
(29.21cm x 16.51cm x 19.05cm)
P 12,000
Provenance:
Ramon V. Mitra, thence by descent.
Ramon V. Mitra, former Speaker of the House, senator, and statesman,
was an avid fighting cock aficionado who bred and developed his own
crossbreed line of Oriental gamecock -- Mitra 54, Mitra 55, and Mitra 56 -that successfully defeated other Western breeds. The sculpture by Saprid,
so rightfully representative of Mr. Mitra, has witnessed turning points in
history, being by his desk for a very long time.
Ramon Mitra
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1924 - 1999
Paradis '98
Ac rylic on canvas
48" x 60" (121.9cm x 1 5 2 . 4 c m )
P 450,000
The painting is accompanied by a certificate issued by the
artist confiriming the authenticity of the lot.
National Artist J. Elizalde Navarro was renowned for the great variety and
diversity of his works. So encompassing was his graphic skills that they
ranged from the conservative and classical down to Pop and Abstraction, all
of which left their distinctive mark in Navarro’s oeuvre. The incorporation of
text imagery, recalling early Picasso’s “Ma Joli,” was a trademark of Navarro’s
Pop iconography. A superb example is the work titled “Paradis” (1996).
The painting is inscribed with the word “Paradis” (French for paradise) and
animated by seemingly unrelated images of a spaceman, a floating planet
Earth, an elephant, a deer.
Not known to many is that Navarro was a dance enthusiast, watching mainly
on cable TV many dance performances. He was engrossed by the dynamics
of choreography and challenged himself to translate an art of time and
motion into the static medium of painting. “Paradis” was an actual dance
performed in Manila sponsored by the French Embassy. It is an exultant
work brimming with a fond memory and brilliant chromatic exhilaration.
- Cid Reyes
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1928
Tr e s M a r i a s
S i g n e d a n d d a t e d 2 0 0 4 ( l o w e r r i g h t)
Gouache on paper
11" x 8" (27.94cm x 20.32cm)
P 18,000
This piece is accompanied by a certificate
issued by West Gallery confirming the
authenticity of this lot.
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Property from THE Sylvia Roces-Montilla Collection
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Dominador Castañeda
1904 - 1967
Beach Combers
7 1/2" x 1 0 1/2" ( 1 9 . 0 5 c m x 2 6 . 6 7 c m )
P 12,000
Provenance:
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Benedicto Cabrera 1942
Mag-ina
Signed 'Cabrera' a n d d a t e d 1 9 8 3 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Acrylic and pastel o n p a p e r
19 1/2 " x 14 1/2 " (4 9 . 5 3 c m x 3 6 . 8 3 c m )
P 240,000
Provenance:
This work is highly reminiscent of his Sabel series, which has
become the artist's vehicle for the transmission of intensely
emotional moods. But instead of a solitary figure, you have the
image of a mother and child.
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Alfredo Carmelo
1896 - 1985
Wa r I I D o g F i g h t I
1 5 " x 1 8 1/2" ( 3 8 . 1 c m x 4 6 . 9 c m )
(a.) Wo r l d
(b.) Wo r l d
Wa r I I D o g F i g h t I I
16" x 20" (40.6cm x 50.8cm)
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P 18,000
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Provenance:
Thence by descent to his daughter, Susie C. Garcia
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
As an ace aviator - he bore the distinction of being the first Filipino to fly solo in
the Philippines - it is not surprising that these two paintings of WWII fighter planes
in action - one in an air to ground attack while the other in the midst of a dog fight
- are rendered in technical accuracy that results in action-packed imagery.
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Hugo Yonzon
1924 - 1994
Balete
Oil on canvas
3 3 1 / 2 " x 3 8 1 / 2 " ( 8 5 c m x 9 7.7cm)
P 18,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Makati.
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Cesar Legaspi
1917 - 1994
"Heroes"
Oil on wood
17 1/2 " x 22 1/2 " (4 4 . 4 5 c m x 5 7 . 1 5 c m )
P 120,000
Provenance:
With Finale Art File
Acquired from the above by the present owner.1994
This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Dennis K.
Legaspi confirming the authenticity of this lot.
A shining example of the works he produced in mid-career, this portrait of
Filipino heroes Antonio Luna and MH del Pilar was produced in 1979, the
year Legaspi was appointed head of the elite collective of visual artists called
The Saturday Group. Combining portraiture and the unconventional cubist
style he's known for -- he injects the inherently emotion-less cubism with
human emotion, in this case a sense of celebration and nationalistic pride -"Heroes" is undeniably vintage Legaspi.
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Wire Tuazon 1973
SK Writing Incident
Oil on canvas
2 4 1 / 2 " x 1 8 1 / 2 " ( 6 2 . 2 3 c m x 4 6 . 99cm)
P 8,000
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Loreto Racuya
1940
Market Scene
S i g n e d a n d d a t e d 1 9 9 5 ( l o w e r l e f t)
Oil on canvas
2 3 1 / 2 " x 2 3 1 / 2 " ( 5 9 . 6 9 c m x 5 9 . 6 9cm)
P 12,000
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Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
1932 - 2011
Still Life
Signed and dated 1 9 6 3 ( v e r s o )
Oil on canvas
32" x 25" (81.28cm x 6 3 . 5 c m )
P 280,000
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr.
Christian Aguilar confirming the authenticity of this lot.
Alcuaz has been described as an "abstract artist of the highest order"
and this still life, one of his favorite subjects, validates this. It is dramatic,
passionate, and most of all, radiant of the intensity of Alcuaz's artistry and
mastery of the brush.
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Emmanuel Garibay 1962
To w n F i e s t a
S i g n e d a n d d a t e d 1 9 9 5 ( l o w e r r i g h t)
Oil on canvas
36" x 48" (91.4cm x 121.9cm)
P 60,000
Garibay is best known for his depiction of common
people and places but with strong political
undertones. His works often serve as biting
commentary on the ills of society and struggles of
everyday existence, as this trancelike piece from
1995 clearly illustrates.
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Ricarte Puruganan
1912 - 1998
D a ncing Girls
S i g ned and dated 1995 (lo w e r l e f t )
A c r ylic on canvas
3 4 " x 48" (86.3cm x 121.9 c m )
P 70,000
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This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the
artist's son, Mr. Jude Puruganan, confirming the authenticity
of this lot.
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Jose Joya 1931-1995
Untitled Abstrac t S t u d y
Oil on canvas
15 3/4 " x 18 1/2 " (4 0 c m x 4 7 c m )
P 240,000
Provenance:
The painting is accompanied by a certificate issued by Josefa
Joya - Baldovino confiriming the authenticity of the lot.
In 1958, a year prior to the execution of this work, Joya had earned his MFA
from the prestigious Cranbrook Academy of Art where he studied under the
tutelage of Hungarian art teacher Zoltan Zepeshy, the same professor who
taught Anita Magsaysay-Ho decades earlier. This era -- the mid to late fifties
-- saw Joya’s early forages into the abstract and the birthing of a style that
would prove to be his ultimate strength as an artist.
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Magazine ad
Magazine ad
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Botong Francisco 1912 - 1969
L a Jota Montadena
Wa tercolor on paper
1 0 1 / 4 " x 6 3/4 " (26.04cm x 1 7 . 1 5 c m )
Botong Francisco 1912 - 1969
Sayaw Panasahan
1 0 3/4" x 6 1/2" ( 2 7 . 3 1 c m x 1 6 . 5 1 c m )
P 90,000
P 90,000
Provenance:
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to Ben Infante.
A gift from the artist to Ben Infante.
While the National Artist gained renown for his sweeping murals depicting
celebratory and historical slices of Philippine rural life, it is not to say that his
smaller works display a lesser virtuoso. As is beautifully depicted in this watercolor
study for a magazine publication, showing a couple in traditional Filipino costume
performing the social dance of Tarlac called the La Jota Montadena, Botong
showcases a rarely seen lightness of hand that evokes the gracefulness of his
subjects -- and a soft touch that perfectly captures the shadow and light, the
creases and the folds in the almost satiny fluidity of the couple's garb.
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Shapes and Squ a r e s
Signed, titled, and d a t e d 1 9 7 0 ( v e r s o )
Ac rylic on board
22 7/16 " x 21 1/4 " ( 5 7 c m x 5 4 c m )
P 450,000
By the time this painting was made in 1970, Bencab had already relocated
to London where he had started a family and enrolled in special studies in
printmaking at the Chelsea School of Arts in London. This year also marked
a major turning point in his art practice when he was invited to mount
an exhibition at the Room Gallery in London, his first show outside the
Philippines.
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Romeo V. Tabuena
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1921
Harvest
Signed and dated 19 6 0 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Oil on Board
8" x 15 1/2 " (20.32cm x 3 9 . 3 7 c m )
P 40,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Cebu.
An outstanding rendition of a harvest scene by Tabuena, master
Neorealist, with its burst of colors and its interplay of shadows.
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Sylvia Amorsolo-Lazo
1940
Patintero
Oil on canvas
29" x 39" (73.66cm x 99.06cm)
P 40,000
Sylvia is one of the eight children of Master Fernando Amorsolo
who also ventured into painting. She served as her father’s studio
assistant and thus was able to see and imbibe first hand her father at
work. Still, while she is also into genre subjects similar to that of her
father, the style and execution is very much her own.
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Property Formerly in the Puring Aquino Collection
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Jorge Pineda
1837-1907
Chongka
Oil on canvas
24" x 30 1/2 " (60.9 c m x 7 7 . 4 c m )
P 240,000
Provenance:
Refugio “Puring” Aquino.
Jorge Pineda was considered the leading illustrator of his time, which he
owed to having been mentored by Teodoro Buenaventura. As a painter,
he was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo yet he pursued a different
trajectory in terms of subject matter. In his genre scenes, he favored
traditional Filipino games like the Sungka, which he wonderfully captured in
this work from 1933.
Leon Gallery is delighted to present this work descending from a very
important private collection. Refugio "Puring" Aquino, wife of the industrialist
Rafael Aquino, was a prominent socialite and one of the most influential art
collectors of her time. It has been written that her collection consisted of,
among others, pieces by Carlos "Botong" Francisco and major works by
Fernando Amorsolo. In the late 70's, she decided to dispose of a part of her
holdings which the Central Bank then acquired.
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Lynyrd Paras
1982
Lahat Malabo
Signed and dated 201 0 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Acrylic
10" x 15" (25.5cm x 3 8 . 1 c m )
Cesar Legaspi
P 7,000
P 90,000
Lynyrd Arwyn Paras stands out among his contemporaries due to his
unwavering commitment to the art of portraiture, where his subjects,
all based on real life individuals, are depicted in close up and almost
always occupy the whole canvas. Layering is also a technique that
Lynyrd employs, and this can be best observed in this piece and how
he frames text and other visual details within an image.
Provenance:
Ted Gonzon Tarriela,
Aquired from the above by the present owner.
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1917 - 1994
Nude
Signed and dated 1976 (left)
2 1 1/2" x 3 0 " ( 5 5 c m x 7 6 . 2 c m )
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Romeo V. Tabuena
1921
Nightfall
Signed and dated 1 9 7 6 ( u p p e r l e f t )
Acrylic
28" x 24" (71cm x 6 1 c m )
P 120,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Hawaii.
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Randy Solon
1971
Blue Motion
Acrylic
48" x 60" (121.9cm x 152.4cm)
P 20,000
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Elmer Borlongan
1967
Ading
Pastel on paper
1 5 3/4" x 1 1 1/4" ( 4 0 c m x 2 8 . 5 8 c m )
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P 30,000
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Rodel Tapaya
1980
Lost Sa w
Signed a n d d a t e d 2 0 1 2 ( l o w e r l e f t )
Acrylic
48" x 36 " ( 1 2 1 . 9 2 c m x 9 1 . 4 4 c m )
P 80,000
Rodel Tapaya’s penchant for narrating mythologies in one frame
is evident in Lost Saw. Albeit, in this piece, the story is not
anywhere near folklore memory, a deep well of ideas where he
usually gets inspiration. Two men are lost in the midst of the
dense woods, looking for their saw. On their heads is a sorry
crop of cut tree trunks. Lost Saw is the artist’s version of a
dreaded urban myth—that of man as the architect of his own
destruction.
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Rocky Camus 1983
Forming Angles
2012
Balayong wood with metal base.
11" x 11" x 13 3/4 " (27.94cm x 27.94cm x 34.93cm)
P 3,000
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Eduardo Perrenoud, Jr 1913 - 1995
Market Scene
S i g n e d , d a t e d , a n d i n s c r i b e d ' M a n i l a 1 9 7 2 ' ( l o w e r left)
Oil on canvas
25" x 36" (63.5cm x 91.4cm)
P 50,000
Provenance:
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Perrenoud, a graduate of the UP School of Fine Arts, studied under
the likes of Fabian de la Rosa, Teodoro Buenaventura and Fernando
Amorsolo, the styles of whom inevitably influenced his artistic works.
This Market Scene from 1975, a lively, bustling, genre piece, is one
such example.
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Romulo Galicano
1945
Bab a e n g T ' b o l i
Sign e d a n d d a t e d 2 0 0 5 ( l o w e r l e f t )
Oil o n c a n v a s
40 4/25 " x 3 1 1/10 " ( 1 0 2 c m x 7 9 c m )
Signed and dated (lower left)
P 350,000
Provenance:
Galicano is a portraitist of note who describes his style as
technically academic yet abstract in philosophical approach.
Vertical lines accentuate his works, which he says is a
reconciliation of opposite poles. He took private art lessons
from Martino Abellana, considered the Amorsolo of Cebu.
In this outstanding piece, Galicano masterfully captures the
image of a T'Boli woman, one of the indigenous peoples of
South Cotabato in Southern Mindanao, and the richness of her
costume and her beadwork accessories.
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Ronald Caringal
1980
I R e m e m b e r F i n d i n g M y W h i t e E l ephant
2008
Oil on canvas
36" x 36" (91.44cm x 91.44cm)
P 30,000
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Yasmin Sison 1973
Rafi 2
Signed and dated 2007 (verso)
Oil on canvas
24" x 24" (60.96cm x 60.96cm)
P 16,000
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Ronald Ventura 1973
"Anatomy"
Mixed media
2 2 3/10 " x 1 2 1/2 " x 5 1/10 "
(56.64cm x 31.75cm x 12.95cm)
P 80,000
Provenance:
With Drawing Room.
Catalog cover
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F i s h Vendor
S i g ned (front) and dated 1 9 6 9 ( v e r s o )
O i l on canvas
9 " x 7" (22.86cm x 17.78c m )
P 140,000
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to Jose Guevarra.
Literature:
A. Aparicio, O.P., editor, Lumina Pandit : A Collection of
Historical Treasures, Manila, 2010, p. 406
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Contained in a beautifully intricate wooden frame, this depiction of a fish
vendor in oil-on-board is classic Manansala. It showcases his signature
melding of rural romanticism and urban chaos, employing his signature
transparent cubism, a style he personally developed where shapes and
figures in different degrees of faintness brilliantly overlap to magically create
human forms and atmosphere. This particular piece was a gift by the artist
to the revered journalist Jose "Joe" Guevarra whose column at the Manila
Bulletin is considered an institution in Philippine publishing. The National
Artist's signature appears in the work itself and at the back.
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Mother and Chil d
Signed (front) and d a t e d 1 9 6 9 ( v e r s o )
Oil on canvas
9" x 7" (22.86cm x 1 7 . 7 8 c m )
P 140,000
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to Jose Guevarra.
Literature:
A. Aparicio, O.P., editor, Lumina Pandit : A Collection of
Historical Treasures, Manila, 2010, p. 406
The National Artist famously like to bring the cultures of the provinces and
the city together. One such masterpiece result is this mother-and-child
painting that shows a woman from the barrio cradling her infant, seemingly
lost and homeless in the grey urban landscape. One of two gifts by the artist
to the highly regarded columnist Jose "Joe" Guevarra, who is known for his
incisive commentaries on politics and the issues of the day, the artwork-contained in an intricately carved wooden frame--employs Manansala's
signature transparent cubism in which tones, shapes and patterns delicately
combine, overlapping each other, to form figures and scenery.
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Buen Calubayan 1980
M o nopoly (Barcode ser i e s )
2 0 07
O i l on wood
3 5 1 / 2 " x 6" (90.17cm x 15 . 2 4 c m )
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz 1932 - 2011
B a g u i o Tr a i l
Oil on canvas
26" x 34" (66cm x 86.3cm)
P 6,000
P 120,000
Monopoly brings us back to the jumpstart of Buen Calubayan’s artistic
trajectory. Before his venture into somber autobiographical portraiture and
antiseptic curatorial explorations, Calubayan’s body of work was heaving
mass of rage against institutions—from the Church to the Market. Monopoly
is from the Barcode Series, a set of five chiaroscuro portraits painted on
narrow slabs of wood and then put together to conjure the image of a
barcode—a universal sign of value for money. Monopoly is a fragment of
Calubayan’s damnation of man to consumerism, made evident by a face
melting away to an overwhelming capitalist-induced homogeneity.
Provenance:
Gift from the artist to the present owner.
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Alcuaz, renaissance man and international artist, renders in this piece from
1987 a series of steps, heading upward, that are situated within a densely
forested area. From the image being depicted, one can imagine the steps
leading up to a large house that probably enjoys a breathtaking view of the
environs below. Its style – the brush strokes and color palette in particular
– are distinctively Alcuaz. Though it is difficult to determine the setting, it
could very well be from one of the many places that the artist has visited as
a season traveler.
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Macario Vitalis 1898 - 1990
Untitled
Signed (lower righ t )
Ca. 1950
Oil on board
24 3/4 " x 31" (62.8 7 c m x 7 8 . 7 4 c m )
P 120,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Paris
It has been mentioned that the pinnacle of Vitalis' art practice was the postwar period and his Paris years, where he produced still lifes and abstracts.
Impressionism was a strong influence but eventually his style evolved
into more prismatic pieces. This work from 1950 is a most remarkable
interpretation of a mother tutoring her child as another lady looks on. It's
highly impressionistic in execution and is redolent of cool pastel colors.
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Mia Herbosa
1970
N u d e N e w Yo r k e r
Oil on canvas
16" x 10" (40.64cm x 25.4cm)
P 30,000
"Nude New Yorker" is a product of Mia Herbosa's stint at the Art
Students League of New York, her veritable training ground as a
painter. Rendered from life, this portrait reveals the beauty of the human
body despite common notions of physical imperfection. The crimson
background equally provides a masterful touch to the artist's archetypal
approach to portraiture.
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Tony Mahilum
1948
Old Philippines
Oil on canvas
1 7 1/2" x 2 4 " ( 4 4 . 4 5 c m x 6 0 . 9 6 c m )
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Fernando Amorsolo
1892 - 1972
"Po r t r a i t o f a L a d y "
Sig n e d a n d d a t e d 1 9 5 0 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Oil o n c a n v a s
40" x 2 8 " ( 1 0 1 . 6 c m x 7 1 . 2 c m )
P 300,000
Leon Gallery is grateful to Mrs. Sylvia Amorsolo- Lazo for
confirming the authenticity of this lot.
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Romulo Galicano
1945
Beautiful Ga r d e n
Signed (lowe r l e f t )
Oil on canvas
19” x 30” (48 . 2 6 c m x 7 6 . 2 c m )
Serafin Serna 1895 - 1985
Nude
Pastel on paper
19" x 25" (48.2cm x 63.5cm)
P 80,000
P 10,000
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"S till Life"
Signed and dated 1 9 5 9 ( u p p e r r i g h t )
Oil on canvas
25 3/4 " x 32" (65.4 1 c m x 8 1 . 2 8 c m ) )
P 280,000
Christian Aguillar confirming the authenticity of this lot.
Another fine example of Alcuaz's command of the still life. Produced in 1959
the same year he won the Prix Francisco Goya in Barcelona.
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Ronald Ventura 1973
Hands and Grids
Oil on canvas
15" x 15" (38.1cm x 38.1cm)
P 160,000
IIn 2003, the year of this piece, Ventura was chosen as one of the
Thirteen Artists Awardees by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
At this juncture, his renderings of perfect anatomy was already
prevalent in his works. Therefore this piece - inspired most likely by
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam - attests to this statement.
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Costantino Zicarelli 1984
Untitled Portrait for a Dead Mother
Oil on canvas
72" x 48" (182.88cm x 121.92cm)
P 30,000
Literature:
De la Paz, Christian L., Private Collections, 2009, p. 245
One of Costantino Zicarelli’s early forays into art is a series of
portraits based on old photos of his ancestors. Untitled Portrait for
a Dead Mother is borne of this autobiographical streak, mainly an
exercise of the new-fangled on the technicalities of the craft. But the
earnestness of the personal portrait becomes just a primer for this
experimental multimedia artist, who went on to break the solemnity of
his confessional by scribbling graffiti over his own work—informing us
of Zicarelli’s tendency to transgress private holy grounds as his artistic
identity.
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Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
Dan s l a L u e u r O b l i q u e
Sign e d ( l o w e r r i g h t ) 1 9 7 6
Mixe d m e d i a
14" x 1 1 1/2 " ( 3 5 . 5 6 c m x 2 9 . 2 1 c m )
P 90,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Barcelona.
Ariane Lelong-Mainaud of the Miro Foundation (ADOM) has
confirmed in an e-mail that the certificate was issued by
Jacques Dupin.
Certificate
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Oscar Zalameda 1930 - 2010
Sailboats
20" x 24" (50.8cm x 60.9cm)
P 100,000
Provenance:
Ms. Ning Basa.
This early watercolor work by Zalameda features one of
his favorite subjects: sailboats. Executed in 1966, or
around the same year he was invited to hold a one-man
show at the Malacañang Palace, it is redolent of blues,
whites with a tinge of brown flesh tones.
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Norma Belleza 1939
B a l l o o n Ve n d o r
Oil on canvas
30" x 38" (76.2cm x 96.52cm)
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P 30,000
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Santiago Bose 1949 - 2002
"Heart Assembla g e "
Mixed media
51 1/2 " x 50 3/4 " ( 1 3 0 . 8 1 c m x 1 2 8 . 9 1 c m )
P 120,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Manila.
Iconic Philippine artist Santi Bose’s prolonged travels abroad informed
his mixed media pieces with a deep sense of displacement—one that he
actively resisted though mixing signs and symbols of colonial/neocolonial
interventions and images of folk and local traditions. Bose harnessed
the irony and wry humor of every incongruent detail to deconstruct and
reconstruct cultural identity as vigilance and resistance. Curiously, this noise
is not visible in Heart Assemblage, an unabashed image of a huge heart
cleanly divided into sixteen quadrilateral pieces by wooden frames. In and
around the heart are letters from the ancient Filipino alphabet.
Bose, the founder of a thriving artist community in Northern Philippines,
painted the mountains of his home in the horizon, pointing to a coming to
terms with the sparse and essential.
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Joaquin Pallares 1853 - 1935
La Carta
Signed (lower left)
O i l o n b o a rd
1 4 1/2" x 1 0 3/4" ( 3 6 . 8 3 c m x 2 7 . 3 1 c m )
P 60,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Barcelona.
The piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by
Marçal Barrachina i Tomas confirming the authenticity
of the lot.
A Spanish painter who specialized in a genre of works. He began
his studies at the Escuelas de Bellas Artes de Zaragoza y Madrid
under the tutelage of Marco and Antonio José Palao and later
took up special painting courses in Madrid, where he was a pupil
of Vincent Palmaroli and Paul Gonzalvo. He furthered his training
in Paris, where he began to work for the art dealer Adolphe
Goupil. He remained in the French capital until 1881, when he
moved to Rome.
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Gabriel Custodio 1912 - 1993
Ruins of Intramuros
2 7 1/2" x 2 0 1/2" ( 6 9 . 8 5 c m x 5 2 . 0 7 c m )
P 18,000
Provenance:
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Philippine School,
19th Century
Untitled
Signed F. Moreno a n d i n s c r i b e d O l o n g a p o 1 8 9 7 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Watercolor on hard p a p e r
18" x 24" (45.72cm x 6 0 . 9 6 c m )
P 240,000
This still life is considered by many as a form of the Tipos del Pais for they
magnify another aspect of human life - events of the day in periodicals,
diaries, and letters. When read carefully, the newspaper of the day with
its date tells of the occurrences of what transpired in the very period of
the paintings execution. As in the more familiar form of the Tipos del
Pais, pioneered by Damian Domingo, it tells of the Filipinos’ existence in
the form of a visual album of the various inhabitants of the land. Here, it
is a conveyance of life in the personal, economic and political sense and
obviously as subjects of the King of Spain.
Leon Gallery is honored to present this very rare watercolor from a very
distinguished private collection. Signed F. Moreno, and inscribed Olongapo
1897, no information is known of the artist but an extant work (perhaps the
only other one in existence) is in the Dr. Eleuterio Pascual Collection.
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Godofredo Mendoza
1948
Church
Oil on canvas
1 5 3/4" x 1 1 3/4" ( 4 0 c m x 2 9 . 8 5 c m )
P 8,000
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Dennis Gonzales 1948
Politiko
Signed and dated 1999 (upper left)
Oil on canvas
60" x 72" (152.4cm x 182.88cm)
P 90,000
Literature:
De la Paz, Christian L., Private Collections, 2009, p. 241.
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Rodel Tapaya
1980
Untitled
Signed a n d d a t e d 2 0 1 1 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Oil on ca n v a s
79" x 59 " ( 2 0 0 . 6 6 c m x 1 4 9 . 8 6 c m )
P 140,000
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Property from THE Emil and TRINIDAD Jurado Collection
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Abstract
18" x 28" (45.7cm x 71.1cm)
P 30,000
Christian Aguilar confirming the authenticity of this lot.
This fascinating watercolor on paper piece is one of the artist's intrusions
into abstract themes and is proof of his ability to explore new vistas as an
artist.
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CJ Tanedo 1979
Music
Oil on canvas
24" x 18" (60.9cm x 45.7cm)
P 14,000
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From the tradition of CJ Tanedo’s oeuvres of hazy rendering of surreal
worlds, Music portrays an inert child painted with a clown’s face. Tanedo’s
usual execution of human skin, with Renaissance glow brought about by
soft collusion of warm colors, is not apparent in here, revealing an attempt
to thwart the cliché of his subject. In this piece, Tanedo wrenches out light,
literally and figuratively, swathing innocence with shadows. Music plays
according to the rhythm of Tanedo’s ominous Biblical meta-narrative of the
damned man infused all throughout his body of works.
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Onib Olmedo
1937 - 1996
"Man with the R e d B a n d "
Oil on canvas
30" x 30" (76.2cm x 7 6 . 2 c m )
P 120,000
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1928
Pamilya
Oil on canvas
7" x 5 1/2" (17.78cm x 13.97cm)
P 12,000
Leon Gallery is grateful to West Gallery for confirming the
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Daniel de la Cruz
Angel
Brass
3 5 " x 4 1 1/2" x 9
24.13cm)
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P 50,000
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1/2"
1966
(88.9cm x 105.41cm x
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Galo B. Ocampo 1913 - 1985
Sarimanok
Oil on masonite bo a rd
32" x 24" (81.2cm x 6 0 . 9 c m )
P 400,000
Provenance:
Gift from the artist to the father of the present owners
This piece by Ocampo from 1951 is done in the cubist style and features a
dancing woman and the mythical colorful Sarimanok of the Maranaos. Here,
Ocampo melds a modern artistic style to interpret a traditional Moro theme
(with his inclusion of a star and the crescent moon) and the result is a work
that is dynamic and in motion. It was in the fifties that Ocampo earned a
string of awards -- 2nd prize from the UN Art Club in 1949-50 and 1st prize,
1955-56, AAP-Rotary Competition.
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Pablo Amorsolo
1898 - 1945
Road by the Sea
Oil on canvas
1 5 " x 2 1 1/2" ( 3 8 . 1 c m x 5 4 . 6 1 c m )
P 120,000
Provenance:
Cong. and Mrs. Ronaldo B. Zamora.
Literature:
M. Duldulao, A Century of Realism in Philippine Art,
Hong Kong (1982, 1988, 1992), p. 78
Pablo Amorsolo, like his older sibling Fernando, first studied art
under the wing of their uncle Fabian de la Rosa. In the 30's he was
one of the most popular and prolific editorial cartoonists of that era
and his illustrations, 'tis said, contributed to the rise of genre art.
This landscape piece from 1944, a calming seaside scene, is
special as a massive fire would destroy a bulk of his works in 1945.
Property from the estate of Jacinto Ramos
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Jose Joya 1931-1995
Argosy
Signed, dated 1979 and titled "Argosy" (verso)
Acrylic
22" x 14" (55.88cm x 35.56cm)
P 260,000
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This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by
Mrs. Josefa Joya-Baldovino confirming the authenticity
of this lot.
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Cesar Legaspi
1917 - 1994
Waterfall
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 " x 22" (44.4 5 c m x 5 5 . 8 8 c m )
P 120,000
Provenance:
While the distinct style of Legaspi can be gleaned from this work -- a careful
inspection of the rock formations will show this -- it is very much one of a
kind as it features an outdoor scenery, particularly a waterfall, which is rather
uncommon in his body of work.
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Tam Austria 1943
Mother and Chilld II
Signed and dated 1985 ( u p p e r r i g h t )
Oil in canvas
23 1 / 2 " x 35 1/2 " (59.69 c m x 9 0 . 1 7 c m )
Rodolfo Ragodon
P 120,000
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1929 - 2001
Church of Villadolid, Negros
Wa t e rc o l o r o n p a p e r 1 6 3/4" x 2 4 3/4" ( 4 2 . 5 5 c m x 6 2 . 8 7 c m )
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Romulo Olazo
1934
Diaphanous 589
Oil on canvas
36" x 36" (91.44cm x 9 1 . 4 4 c m )
P 220,000
This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist
confiriming the authenticity of the lot.
An early and notable example of Olazo's Diaphanous paintings in black and
white of which he has become acclaimed for. In this piece we see bold,
thick, strong, strokes that form translucent overlapping layers. It is at once
intense yet exuding of lightness.
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Property Formerly in the collection of Ramon Menendez Pidal
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Justiniano Asuncion
1816 - 1901
I n dia Mestiza de China
S i g ned and inscribed "Indi a M e s t i z a d e C h i n a " ( l o w e r )
1 9 t h Century
Wa tercolor on paper
1 0 3 / 4 " x 8 1/4 " (27.3cm x 2 0 . 9 c m )
P 450,000
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Justiniano Asuncion or "Capitan Ting" as he was fondly called was one of
the foremost Filipino painters that emerged from the 19th century. Having
honed his artistic talents at the Academia de Dibujo which was opened
by Damian Domingo, Asuncion's metier as a painter revolved around
religous paintings and tipos del pais - portraits that depict native Filipinos in
costumes and traditional attire.
There are extremely few surviving works by Justiniano Asuncion that are
signed. Majority of his works have remained attributions. These two signed
works - "India Mestiza de China" and "Espanola,” both from the collection of
Ramon Menendez Pidal - are pertinent examples of his mastery of tipos del
pais where each of the subject's clothing - the embroidery, the prints, and
the colors - are exceptionally rendered.
Apart from being fine works of art, each piece serves as an excellent
document of a bygone era - its mores, traditions, and perhaps the standing
of women in society.
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Justiniano Asuncion 1816 - 1901
Española
Signed and inscrib e d " E s p a ñ o l a " ( l o w e r )
19th Century
Watercolor on pap e r
10 3/4 " x 8 1/4 " (27 . 3 c m x 2 0 . 9 c m )
P 450,000
Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869-1868)
was a scholar whose work on the
origins of the Spanish language
as well as critical editions of texts,
generated a revival of the study
of medieval Spanish poetry and
chronicles.
Professor of Romance philology at
the University of Madrid (1899–1939),
he was also director of the Centre of
Historical Studies.
Ramon Menendez-Pidal
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Karen Flores
1966
Luha
O i l on canvas
3 6 " x 24" (91 cm x 60 cm)
(a.)
Lihi
Oil on canvas
36" x 24" (91 cm x 60 cm)
(b.)
(c.) L a k a s
S i g n e d a n d d a t e d 1 9 9 4 ( l o w e r r i ght)
Oil on canvas
36" x 24" (91 cm x 60 cm)
P 60,000
Flores was instrumental in establishing the Grupong Salingpusa, where
she collaborated with Elmer Borlongan, Mark Justiniani (who would later
become her husband), Ferdie Montemayor among other like-minded artists.
A 13 artists awardee in 2000, she is recognized for her explorations into
feminist themes and archetypal Filipino figures. In this series of works three
key words are emphasized: Lakas (strength), Lihi (infanticipation), and Luha
(tears).
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Fil Dela Cruz
1950
Pond
S i g n e d a n d d a t e d 1 9 9 3 ( l o w e r right)
Acrylic
26" x 38" (66cm x 96.5)
P 4,000
This piece is accompanied by a
certificate issued by the artist
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HR Ocampo
1911 - 1978
Hat Weavers
Oil on canvas
11" x 13 1/2 " (27.9 4 c m x 3 4 . 2 9 c m )
P 140,000
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist thence by descent
Private collection, USA
The period of 1945 to 1963 in the artistic life of HR Ocampo, otherwise
known as his transitional period, was one that was marked by an outburst
of creativity and inspiration, as his works exhibited a bigger penchant for
abstraction and stylization, and his style was clearly more developed and
mature.
“Hat Weavers”, produced in 1945, shows this maturity in his art, where a
traditional image of women hat weavers is rendered in a more abstract form:
the face is indistinguishable and the limbs are more abstract in execution.
Details on verso
The painting was acquired directly by Colonel John De Long from HR
Ocampo. Col. DeLong was stationed in the Philippines during World War II
and assigned at the Muntinlupa Prison in charge of prisoner assignments. It
was in the summer of 1945 that Col. DeLong met HR Ocampo and acquired
a total of 15 works- drawings and paintings- to which this work is one of
them. The painting was inherited by his daughter, Suzanne, in San Diego,
California.
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Cesar Buenaventura
1922 - 1983
F i s hing Village
O i l on canvas
3 1 1 / 2 " x 60 1/2 " (80.01cm x 1 5 3 . 6 7 c m )
Romulo Olazo
P 80,000
P 50,000
100
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1934
Permutation Series II No.28
Acrylic
24" x 34" (60.96cm x 86.36cm)
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101
Contemplation
Signed “Cabrera” a n d d a t e d 1 9 8 5 ( l o w e r r i g h t )
Ac rylic and ink on p a p e r
15 1/2 " x 10" (39.3 7 c m x 2 5 . 4 c m )
P 120,000
This work by National Artist Benedicto Cabrera is a notable example of his
impressive skill in illustration and draftsmanship.
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102
1924 - 1999
T h e Racer
S i g ned and dated 1995 (up p e r r i g h t )
P a stel on brown paper
22" x 27" (55.8cm x 68.5cm)
Navarro goes pop art in this fun, colorful, and cartoon-esque painting of a
victorious racer inside his race car and bearing the checkered flag. This work
- which he personally dedicated to a certain Capt. Boy, likely a close friend
- shows a lighter and more playful side of the artist as it gives us a glimpse
into his brand of humor: of note is the translation of the Goodyear brand
into Filipino. Moreover, it also helps remind us of his many contributions in
graphic design and advertising.
P 80,000
103
Mario Parial 1944
Mother and Child
Oil on canvas
1 6 1/4" x 1 6 1/4" ( 4 1 . 2 8 c m x 4 1 . 2 8 c m )
P 8,000
103
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David Medalla 1942
L'amant De l'Op e r a
Oil on canvas
22 1/2 " x 18 1/2 "(5 7 . 1 5 c m x 4 6 . 9 9 c m )
P 80,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Paris.
David Medalla, known for his kinetic and performance art and who has been
described as an artist of “multifarious disciplines and polymorphic practices”,
thrusts through the international art scene when he was invited to participate
in the prestigious Documenta V held in Germany, which thereafter led him
to travel extensively across Europe. His works as a visual artist are inspired
by literature and his love for poetry. In 1985, the year this work was made,
Medalla returned to the Philippines after a 15-year absence to mount a
multimedia exhibit at the Pinaglabanan Galleries, one of the leading art
spaces at that time.
Stamped with the whimsy and tongue-in-cheek socio-political commentary
the art world has come to associate with his works, this piece has the
international artist indulging in playful self-mockery. Depicting a jollylooking man in a tropical setting, and wearing a straw hat and clothing that
resembles the furry covering of a brown monkey, he goes on to name the
work "L'amant de l'Opera" (which is French for opera lover), poking fun at
the sophisticated aspirations of his race. As he personally scribbled in the
sketch that accompanies the finished work, "L'amant de l'Opera" is also the
title of the poem that inspired the painting.
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David Medalla 1942
L ' amant De l'Opera (stu d y )
S i g ned and dated 1982 (bo t t o m )
P e n and ink
2 6 2 / 5 " x 15" (67cm x 38cm )
Ramon Estella 1913 - 1991
Untitled
Oil on canvas
2 8 " x 1 2 1/2" ( 7 1 . 2 c m x 3 1 . 7 5 c m )
P 30,000
P 60,000
Provenance:
With Kulay Diwa Gallery.
Provenance:
Gift from the artist to the present owner.
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There is perhaps no other way to describe Ramon Estella than that of
Renaissance man. Estella was a prolific screenwriter and filmmaker who
actively made films in the pre-war era before he decided to pick up the
paintbrush in the late 50's. As a visual artist, he counted as colleagues
such prominent modernists as Hernando Ocampo, Vicente Manansala,
Cesar Legaspi, Romeo Tabuena and Victor Oteyza. Together, they branded
themselves as the “Neo-Realists” who converged at the Philippine Art Gallery
of Lyd Arguilla. Estella's style delved into Cubism and Expressionism, though
it is said that he loved to experiment and fuse varying styles.
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Anita Magsaysay - Ho
1914 - 2012
Untitled
Mixed media on c a n v a s
47 1/2 " x 47 1/2 " (1 2 0 . 6 5 c m x 1 2 0 . 6 5 c m )
P 1,400,000
Provenance:
Dolores McKenzie.
At the center of Anita Magsaysay Ho’s paintings are women, typically women
working together in the fields, harvesting produce, tending to livestock,
etc.. They are in motion, never ever idle and rarely ever solitary. It has been
written that Anita’s paintings are projections of the self, and like her subjects
she, too, was constantly evolving as an artist -- possessing an inner strength
and quiet power.
The ink blot series, from which this painting belongs, is a style that Anita
experimented with in the early seventies. Here, her highly organized
compositions give way to experimentation and chance by flicking ink blots
into the canvas, surrounded by women that are lighter in form. Brief a foray
as this series was, Anita is said to have loved spontaneity that these works
produced.
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Virginia Ty-Navarro
1922 - 1996
(a.) Untitled
B r a ss
1 1 " x 11" x 15
1/2 "
(27.9cm x 2 7 . 9 c m x 3 9 . 3 c m ) w i t h b a s e
(b.) Untitled
Ty-Navarro is well known for her so-called “incision technique” in sculpture,
which she had demonstrated in the University of Pnomh Penh and later at
the second Indian Triennale. As a sculptor, she has worked with such media
as bronze, wood, jade and mixed media. She was married to fellow artist
Jerry Elizalde Navarro.
B r a ss
1 1 " x 11" x 15" (27.9cm x 2 7 . 9 c m x 3 8 . 1 c m ) w i t h b a s e
P 14,000
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Norma Belleza 1939
Mother and Child
Signed and dated 1985 (upper left)
Oil on canvas
32" x 32" (81.2cm x 81.2cm)
P 40,000
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109
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Belleza is known for her folk genre subjects executed
in bright, cheery colors best exemplified by this work
from 1985 that features a mother and child at the
market and surrounded by a cornucopia of produce
and wares for sale. It is suffused with motherly love
and treasured Filipino values.
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Lao Lian Ben 1948
Secret.3
Signed and dated 1 9 7 7 ( l o w e r r i g h t a n d v e r s o )
Mixed media
56" x 48" (142.2cm x 1 2 1 . 9 c m )
P 180,000
Provenance:
Private collection, Manila.
Even perhaps before the word “Zen” became a buzzword, Lao had already
been producing minimalist abstract works that exude a sense of serenity
and calmness with strong Oriental undertones. In this meditative work from
1977, we see his penchant for black, white, and shades of gray, as well as
his pioneering use of found objects which formed part of his early output.
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Property from the sylvia roces montillia Collection
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Eduardo Perrenoud, Jr 1913 - 1995
Farm Sce n e
Signed and d a t e d 1 9 7 7 ( l o w e r l e f t )
Oil on canv a s
19" x 19 1/2 " ( 4 8 . 2 c m x 4 9 . 5 c m )
Romeo V. Tabuena
P 25,000
1921
Bridge
Signed "RVT" (lower right)
Ca. 1949
3 1/2" x 2 3/4" ( 8 . 9 c m x 7 c m )
(a.) B a m b o o
(b.) F u e l
Gatherers
Signed "RVT" (lower right)
Ca. 1949
3" x 3" (7.62cm x 7.62cm)
P 12,000
Provenance:
112(a.)
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Fernando Amorsolo
1892 - 1972
Lavanderas
Oil on canvas
24" x 34" (60.96cm x 8 6 . 3 6 c m )
Throughout his long and fruitful artistic life, Amorsolo remained true
and committed to his portrayals of Filipino customs and genre scenes
while maintaining his skill in balancing light and shadow thus achieving
unparalleled naturalness and realism. This piece is one such example, as we
see beautiful Filipina women bathing in a stream, one of his favorite subjects.
P 900,000
The painting is accompanied by a certificate issued by Sylvia
Amorsolo- Lazo confiriming the authenticity of the lot.
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Eduardo Castrillo 1942
Growth
S i g n e d an d d a t e d 2 0 0 5
Brass
4 8 1/4 " x 1 8 3 / 4 " x 1 9 " ( 1 2 2 . 5 5 c m x 4 2 . 6 3 c m x 4 8 . 2 6 c m ) w i t h b a s e
P 40,000
confirming the authenticity of the lot.
"Growth" is Eduardo Castrillo's nonpareil example of his superb versatility. The
bravura of his techniques seen in the flexous movement of the composition. It
represents the moral maturity of one's being, a true triumph of the human spirit.
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Rodel Tapaya
1980
Ang Espiya ni P e d r o s o
Signed and date d 2 0 0 9 ( l o w e r r i g h t a n d v e r s o )
Acrylic on canva s
30" x 40" (76.2c m x 1 0 1 . 6 c m )
P 50,000
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Local folklore and mythology were subjects that Tapaya took an
interest in early on. Yet as his artistic vision and style evolved,
he then began explorations into layering and patterns. In this
piece entitled "Espiya ni Pedroso," we see the melding of his
initial fascination with folkore ( a dark and foreboding forest)
with that of his experiments into layers (the overlapping of
brushstrokes and paint drops).
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Property formeRly in the Mauro Malang Santos collection
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Ang Kiukok
1931 - 2005
Yellow Table wit h F r u i t
Oil on canvas
24" x 24" (60.96cm x 6 0 . 9 6 c m )
P 500,000
Provenance:
With West Gallery.
Literature:
Roces, Alfredo, “Kiukok: Deconstructing Despair,”
Mandaluyong City, 2000, fig. 100
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Ramon Orlina 1944
Mother and Child
Signed and dated 2003 (bottom)
Asahi glass
1 2 1 / 2 " x 1 0 " x 4 1 / 2 " ( 3 1 . 7 5 c m x 2 5 . 4 c m x 1 1 . 43cm)
P 40,000
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Property formerly in the Joya Family Collection
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Jose Joya 1931-1995
Round Ceramic Plate
Signed (bottom)
Ceramic plate
13" (33cm) diameter
P 30,000
Provenance:
Joya Family Collection.
Exhibited:
Makati City, Ayala Museum.
Images of Nation: Abstracting Joya, Makati City.
Literature:
Images of Nation: Abstracting Joya, p. 42
Mrs. Josefa Joya-Baldovino confirming the authenticity
of this lot.
This undated work shows us the artist's exploration into new
territories and different mediums, in this case ceramic art on plates,
but still strong in the abstract mode.
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119
Hispano-Philippine,
19th Century
Crucifix
19th Century, Filip i n o
Ivory, silver, and k a m a g o n g
Christ : 22" x 19" ( 5 5 . 8 8 c m x 4 8 . 2 6 c m )
Overall : 45" x 30 1/4 " x 9 1/2 " ( 1 1 4 . 3 c m x 7 6 . 8 4 c m x 2 4 . 1 3 c m ) ]
P 350,000
With base
The term santo, sometimes imagen, is a folk term meaning a Christian
religious image that may be carved, molded or painted. In the Philippines,
such religious images were produced between 1565 to 1898 by Filipino and
Chinese craftsmen, with the resulting pieces bearing Spanish, Filipino and
Chinese features.
In Spanish Manila, ivory soon became a sought-after medium for carving
religious images owing to its expensive and luxurious look as well as the
smoothness and gloss of its surface. By the nineteenth century, a certain
decadence and elaborateness in the carving of religious images in ivory
prevailed, thus becoming the standard.
19th Century Manila saw the rise of the Illustrado Class stemming from
European education of sons and daughters. The Filipino began to know
how to live, hence the appreciation for the fineries of life. Instead of sending
the Philippines' fine produce to the Acapulco trade for Spanish or Latin
American consumption, the Filipinos began to emulate the same reasons
for sending them. Thus, it was in the 19th Century that the Bahay na Bato,
the illustrado residence, evolved to being the stage of local artistry and
craftsmanship.
It is doubtless that in the international collecting arena, the HispanoPhilippine religious ivory is the most sought after. Be it in Europe or the
Americas, the "Pinoy" hand is recognised. There is something with the
"Pinoy" ivory that makes it standout.
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Leon Gallery is honored to present one sterling representation of the
Hispano-Philippine art. The lot, from the Ramon and Cecile Blanco-Mitra
Collection, is uniquely the paramount model of fine ivory obra-maestra as
well as contemporaneous silver craftsmanship. In perfect condition, both art
forms in one is an exquisite embodiment of 19th-Century Philippine art.
Source: http://ustmuseum.ust.edu.ph/collections
Esperanza Bunag Gatbonton, Philipine Religous Carvings in Ivory,
Intramuros Administration, Manila, 1983`
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Alfred Galura
1967
Blooms
14" x 21" (35.56cm x 53.34cm)
(a.) P i n k
(b.) W h i t e
120(a.)
Blooms
14" x 21" (35.56cm x 53.34cm)
(c.) S t i l l
Life Flowers
14" x 21" (35.56cm x 53.34cm)
P 12,000
120(b.)
PROPERTY FROM THE EMIL AND TRINIDAD JURADO COLLECTION
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Victorio Edades 1895 - 1985
Barrio Scene
Ca. 1975
Oil on wood
1 2 1/4" x 1 7 4/5" ( 3 1 . 4 c m x 4 5 . 2 c m )
P 80,000
120(c.)
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Provenance:
Odette Alcantara.
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Norma Belleza 1939
Angelito Antonio 1939
Front
"Untilted"
O i l o n w o o d ( f o l d i n g s c re e n )
4 0 " x 2 0 1/2 " ( 1 0 1 . 6 c m x 5 2 . 0 7 c m ) e a c h p a i n t i n g
6 3 " x 2 5 1/4 " ( 1 6 0 . 0 2 c m x 6 4 . 1 c m ) e a c h p a n e l
252" x 102" (1008cm x 259.08cm)
Verso
P 130,000
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Property from the Butz and Popsy Aquino Collection
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Romeo V. Tabuena
1921
Farm Exodus
Signed and dated 19 5 3 ( l o w e r l e f t )
Watercolor on paper
10 1 / 2 " x 14 1/2 " (26.6 7 c m x 3 6 . 8 3 c m )
Romeo V. Tabuena
P 16,000
P 16,000
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1921
Pastol ng Kalabaw
1 3 5/8" x 2 3 9/16" ( 3 4 . 7 c m x 5 9 . 9 c m )
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Jose Santos
1970
(a.) "Train"
Pa stel on paper
9 1/2 " x 12" (24.13 c m x 3 0 . 4 8 c m )
(b.) "Girl
with Para s o l "
Pastel on paper
12 1/2 " x 10" (24.1 3 c m x 2 5 . 4 c m )
P 70,000
Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner from the artist.
In this couple of very early works from current art auction darling
Jose John Santos, one can already glean the origins of the sepia-toned touches in his later works, his fascination for old
photographs, which have won devout admiration from collectors
in his home country and abroad. Perhaps the only two existing
Santos pastel-on-paper in the Market today, these are certifiable
rarities. These two artworks also reveal that very early on, even
while he was still working as a professor at the University of the
Philippines, his eye for capturing the iconic in the everyday was
already remarkable.
125(b.)
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Edwin Wilwayco
1952
I n Nature's Realm II: Blu e P a r a d i s e I I I
O i l on canvas
3 9 " x 39" (99.06cm x 99.0 6 c m ) `
P 40,000
Edwin Wilwayco's "In Nature's Realm II: Blue Paradise III" is a paramount
example of the artist's abstract expressionist leanings. Based in Rhode
Island, the piece is reflective of the nippy waters of the Atlantic. The
composition is complemented with swift strokes that mirror the whirring
winds of the sea. The piece likewise spiritually evinces the artist's deft use of
the color blue.
Property from the Nikki Coseteng Collection
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Ang Kiukok
1931 - 2005
"Fish 2"
1 1 1/2" x 1 7 1/2" ( 2 9 . 2 1 c m x 4 4 . 4 5 c m )
P P160,000
Provenance:
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Andrew Ang confirming the authenticity of the lot.
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Andres Barrioquinto
1975
Cold As Ice
Oil on canvas
36" x 36" (91.44cm x 9 1 . 4 4 c m )
P 120,000
Evolution is a word that can best describe the current state of Andres
Barrioquinto's art practice. Whereas early in his career Barrioquinto
intentionally shied away from Realism, he has now embraced it, in an
attempt to stand apart from his contemporaries. His output, he also says, is
now more personal.
In this portrait which formed part of his Shadow Dancer exhibition,
Barrioquinto draws inspiration from Japanese art details, prints and designs tattoo-like elements that flood and surround this work."
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Martino Abellana
1914 - 1988
Fisherman
S i g n e d a n d i n s c r i b e d " C a rc a r, C e b u , P. I . "
Oil on canvas
17" x 21" (43.1cm x 53.3cm)
P 30,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, New York.
Abellana has been dubbed as the “Amorsolo of Cebu” and “the dean of Cebu
artists.” As a painter, Abellana intentionally avoided pursuing his artistic career
in Manila, even after studying at the UP College of Fine Arts. Instead, he
immediately returned to his hometown of Carcar, Cebu, a heritage town which
served as the point of inspiration in all of his works, such as this piece, a realistic
depiction of a fisherman out at sea.
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Jose Blanco
1932 - 2008
Fisherman
Oil on wood
2 1 " x 1 3 1/2" ( 5 3 . 3 4 c m x 3 4 . 2 9 c m )
P 50,000
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Jose Blanco was the patriarch of a clan that produced a whole progeny of
talented artists. Growing up as a fisherman in Angono - which is, after all, a
bucolic fishing town - Blanco had a penchant for depicting rural folk and rural
scenes. This piece that features a fisherman is most outstanding as it captures
the emotions of the subject where one can almost glean the hardships and
hardwork he has endured.
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With frame
Property fRom the heirs of Lourdes PErez del Rosario
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Félix Resurrección Hidalgo
1855 - 1913
Barcos… en el H o r i z o n t e
Oi l on canvas
24 3/4 " x 39 3/4 " (6 3 c m x 1 0 1 c m )
P 1,400,000
Provenance:
Dona Maria Barbara Padilla y Flores
Dona Rosario Paz de Perez
Dona Lourdes Perez del Rosario, thence by descent.
Leon Gallery is privileged to offer at auction one of the most important
and best-preserved works by Felix Resureccion-Hidalgo. It was in 1893 at
the Universal Exposition in Chicago, USA, where his entry, "Adios al Sol"
(Farewell to the Sun), was awarded the silver medal. It was in that very same
year that this piece by Hidalgo, which features lapping waves underneath
overcast skies, was produced.
When Felix Resureccion Hidalgo died in 1913 leaving a fortune of
real estate, shares of stock, and paintings, leaving without legitimate
descendants nor recognized natural heirs, the mother of the deceased,
Dona Maria Barbara Padilla y Flores, inherits. The next year she dies leaving
the Hidalgo-Padilla fortune to her heirs. The bulk of the paintings then went
to the “sobrinos” of Felix, namely Don Felipe Hidalgo, son of Jose; Don
Eduardo Hidalgo Paz and Dona Rosario Paz de Perez, children of his sister
Pilar who was married to Maximo Paz.
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Mia Herbosa
1970
Te rracotta Horse
S i g ned and dated 1998 (lo w e r l e f t )
O i l on Board
1 6 " x 20" (40.6cm x 50.8c m )
Cris Cruz
P 30,000
P 40,000
"Terracotta Horse" represents the quintessential brushstrokes of Mia
Herbosa. Together with its strong Oriental flavor, the artist rightfully reveals
her Filipino roots by adding a portrait of her ancestor in the background. The
composition is a serene ode to the people who have inspired her to become
an artist.
Provenance:
With Finale Art file.
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1935
Wild Scent
2 1 " x 4 4 1/2" ( 5 3 . 3 c m x 1 1 3 c m )
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Ronald Ventura 1973
La Guapa
Oil on canvas
60" x 30" (152.4cm x 7 6 . 2 c m )
P 450,000
Provenance:
This breathtaking work by Ventura is an
exemplification of the virtuoso artist's
mastery of hyper realism as evidenced
by the perfectness of the physical
features of the subject – the limbs and
the face bathed in in pure white – and
his ability to render them with keen
accuracy. Of particular note as well
are intricate details on the dress – the
curved lines, the shapes and motifs
that bring forth a near obsession for
attention to detail.
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Emmanuel Garibay 1962
Embrace
Acrylic on canvas
4 8 3/4" X 4 8 3/4" ( 1 2 3 . 8 c m x 1 2 3 . 8 c m )
P 90,000
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Julie Lluch 1962
Jose Garcia Villa
Signed and dated 1995
Te r r a c o t t a
2 3 1/2" x 1 0 1/2 x 9 1/2" ( 5 9 . 6 c m x 2 6 . 6 c m x 2 4 . 1 c m )
P 30,000
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Jigger Cruz 1984
"Colors"
Oil on canvas
22” x 36 “ (55.88c m x 9 1 . 4 4 c m ) e x c l u d i n g f r a m e
32 1/2 " x 44 1/2 " (6 0 . 9 6 c m x 3 3 . 0 2 c m )
P 30,000
From painting warm flat fantastical paintings, Jigger Cruz took a break for
two years and then resumed sometime in 2011. Upon return, a noticeable
change took form through his surfaces that began to bubble. Cruz’s
perplexing palimpsests layer voluptuous masses of color paint over another
carefully-painted image brazenly copied from canons. Working with the
notion of defiance as defacement, Cruz deconstructs his genre through a
tangible separation of materials—paint and surface, the latter encompassing
both canvas and academic practice. Cruz draws attention away from the
surface semiotic-hunting praxis. Instead, he rechannels it towards the
exploration of art production, exploring its limitations by fetishisizing the
onerous details that, curiously, never constitute in themselves the marketable
art aura. Such a statement is encapsulated with an ornate classical frame,
mockingly sealing his self-reflexive critique with the weight of an institutional
history that both informs and restricts his practice.
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Soler Santos
1960
Abstract 1
S i g n e d a n d d a t e d 1 9 9 6 ( b o t t o m)
Oil on canvas
7" x 5" (17.8cm x 12.7cm)
(a.)
(a.) A b s t r a c t 2
Oil on canvas
7" x 5" (17.8cm x 12.7cm)
P 7,000
Provenance:
With Crucible Gallery.
138(a.)
138(b.)
139
Ang Kiukok
1931 - 2005
" F i sh 1"
I n k on paper
8 " x 11" (20.32cm x 27.94 c m )
P 80,000
Provenance:
The piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr.
Andrew Ang confirming the authenticity of the lot.
139
98
Kiukok paints fish with all their bones exposed and intentionally avoided the
scale and skin as these would render them too realistic.
From being dark, foreboding, and even grim, Kiukok's fish series steadily
evolved with years to become more celebratory and upbeat. This work from
1975 straddles that transitory period, the cusp, where he moves, as it were,
into the light.
León Gallery
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Property Formerly in the Valerian Rybar et
Jean-Francois Daigre Collection
140
Juvenal Sanso 1929
Imaginary Lands c a p e
Signed 'Sanso' lo w e r r i g h t
Ca. 1975
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 25½ in (99 x 6 4 . 8 c m )
P 80,000
Provenance:
Christie’s Paris, June 5, 2003,
Sale 5060, Lot 142
Leon Gallery is delighted to present this
work from a remarkable collection.
Valerian Rybar was considered the
“world’s most expensive decorator” in
1972. His clients were the ritziest in
town: Samuel and Mitzi Newhouse,
Guy and Marie-Hélène de Rothschild,
Elizabeth Arden, the Plaza Athénée
Hotel. (Rybar lived with his partner, JeanFrancois Daigre, until his death in 1990
at age 71.)
-New York Home Design, June 2013
Valerian Rybar, Elizabeth
Arden, Oscar de la Renta at the
Elizabeth Arden Ball, Newport,
Rhode Island, 1964
140
99
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141
Cesar Legaspi
1917 - 1994
Untitled
Signed and dated 1990 (bottom)
Ink on paper
11" x 7" (28cm x 17cm)
P 6,000
Dennis K. Legaspi confirming the authenticity of the
lot.
141
142
"Dos Bendigos"
S i g n e d , d a t e d 1 9 5 9 a n d i n s c r i b e d " A l A m i c G ustavo
Camps" (lower left)
C h a rc o a l o n p a p e r
2 3 1/2" x 1 7 1/2" ( 5 9 . 6 c m x 4 4 . 4 c m )
P 16,000
Provenance:
Gustavo Camps.
Mr. Christian Aguilar confirming the authenticity of this
lot
Signed, dated and inscribed "Al amic Gustavo Camps", this
charcoal work of a street violinist accompanied by a child holding
up a platter for alms is, in all likelihood, one of the many interesting
denizens that peppered the streets of Barcelona which he called
home for nine years.
142
100
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143
143
Fernando Zobel 1924 - 1984
Orange Revenan t
Oil on canvas
39 1/2 " x 31" (100 . 3 3 c m x 7 8 . 7 4 c m )
P 1,100,000
Provenance:
With Luz Gallery
Private Collection, USA
The piece is accompanied by a certificate by Don Rafael Perez
- Madero confirming the authenticity of the lot.
A Fernando Zobel of the Philippine period and exhibited at the Luz Gallery
when it was acquired in 1964, the painting, redolent of Mark Rothko and
Franze Klein was a transition from the Serie Negra (1958-1962) to the
Dialogos (Dialogs with artists) and to the Serie Blanca. Not only the year
1963 an important year of Zobel in the context of his output, it was also
a turning point in his life. It was in this year that he visited the ancient
hill town of Cuenca, Southeast of Madrid, and Zobel reported himself
“quickly entranced by the mood, the style, the charm of the city and its
inhabitants.” The trip would alter the course of his destiny.
101
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144
145
Property from the Estate of Carlos Quirino
144
145
Diosdado Lorenzo 1906 - 1983
S e l f Portrait
P a stel on paper
1 4 1 / 4 " x 11 1/4 " (36.2cm x 2 8 . 5 8 c m )
P 12,000
P 40,000
Provenance:
Gift from the artist to Carlos Quirino, thence by descent.
Provenance:
Ms. Ning Basa.
Literature:
A. Guillermo, Diosdado Lorenzo: Art Rebel to Legend, Manila
2009, p.150.
Leon Gallery is grateful to West Gallery for confirming the
A self-portrait of one of the leading members of the Thirteen Moderns who,
during his long tenure at the University of Santo Tomas School of Fine Arts,
taught the likes of Jerry Elizalde Navarro and Ang Kiukok. Dated 1950,
Lorenzo was aged 49 when this casual, relaxed portrait was made.
102
1928
Colorful Flowers
Acrylic
40" x 13" (101.6 cm x 33 cm)
This abstract work by Malang from 1990 exudes a happy, positive energy
that emanates from his use of vibrant colors that almost burst through the
canvas. Here we see elements from nature – leaves and trees – in varying
shapes and forms that constitute an almost playful image.
León Gallery
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146
146
Barefoot Gentle m a n
Ac rylic
36" x 24" (91cm x 6 0 c m )
P 1,100,000
Bencab's skill in illustration cannot be denied, having honed his talents early
on in his youth and in his employment in the publishing industry. With a
penchant for capturing people -- again, a preoccupation that harks back to
his youth -- this work of a gentleman seated in pose shows us his love and
keen interest in people from all walks of life.
103
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147
Lee Aguinaldo 1933 - 2007
Room
Mixed media
1 4 " x 1 7 1 / 2 " ( 3 5 . 5 c m x 4 4 . 4 c m)
P 25,000
Provenance:
Anna Abad Santos.
Acquired from the above by the
present owner.
This work possess the almost dogged desire
by Lee for precision in his lines, capturing an
empty room, where one can see the depth,
the shadows, the perspective, all done with a
mastery of draftsmanship.
147
148
Alfredo Liongoren
1944
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
2 4 1 / 2 " x 2 4 1 / 2 " ( 6 2 . 2 3 c m x 6 2.23cm)
P 30,000
Acrylic sand impasto, a medium which
Liongoren experimented on in the mid 60's
(or then the enfant terrible of Philippine
art) is the artist's enduring material for his
abstract landscapes. Muted colors from
garnet to mauve in the textural surface create
unsentimental compositions evoking somber
and sober lyrical mood.
148
104
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149
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
149
Jorge Pineda
1837-1907
Las Buyeras
Oil on canvas
71" x 58" (180.34 c m x 1 4 7 . 3 2 c m )
P 700,000
illustrations. This is a clear testimony to the betel-nut chewing tradition
practiced in all regions of the Philippines – from the Cordilleras in the North
to Tawi-Tawi in the South; in the mountains as well as on the plains; among
the Christianized and Islamized folks as well as the animistic groups.
The Las Buyeras by Jorge Pineda won a Bronze medal at the St. Louis
World’s Fair Exposition of 1904. Perhaps to the spectators, the painting’s
significance lies as much in the subject represented as in the artistry of
the creator. ‘Local color’ was, after all, what they were looking for in this
Exposition where the Philippines was introduced to the American lay person
for the first time.
1904 brought pride for the Filipino nation as medals were bagged by Filipino
artists in the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair Exposition in Chiacago, USA. The
Gold went to Juan Luna, the Silver to Felix Resureccion-Hidalgo and the
Bronze to Jorge Pineda.
At 25 years old at the time of the exposition, the mastery of genre painting
and his inclination towards delightful settings and scenery has manifested. It
is classic Pineda, where we see how he turns the spotlight on a seemingly
mundane scene, which he captures in a pleasant, casual, but nonetheless
realistic manner. Whereas Amorsolo's works spoke of exuberance, Pineda's
pieces gleamed of restraint and subtle elegance.
Las Buyeras or Betel nut vendors was a frequently depicted subject in
the late 19th Century and early 20th Century paintings and magazine
Source: Rosa Maria Magno Icagasi, Art Subject in 19th Century Philippine
Art, p.104
105
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150
Onib Olmedo
1937 - 1996
Mother and Child II
Oil pastel on paper
2 7 1/2" x 2 2 " ( 6 9 . 8 5 c m x 5 5 . 8 8 c m )
P 80,000
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by Mia
Herbosa.
150
151
Antonio Austria
1936
Pool Players
Oil on canvas
2 4 1/2" x 2 5 1/2" ( 6 2 . 2 3 c m x 6 4 . 7 7 c m )
P 80,000
Provenance:
151
106
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152
Alfredo Buenaventura
(a.) Market
Scene 1
signed (lower righ t )
Oil on canvas
18" x 24" (45.72cm x 6 0 . 9 6 c m )
(b.) Market
Scene 2
Oil on canvas
18 " x 24" (45.72cm x 6 0 . 9 6 c m )
P 7,000
152(a.)
152(b.)
153
Andres Barrioquinto
1975
The Man Comes A r o u n d
Signed and dated 2 0 0 6 ( u p p e r r i g h t )
Oil on canvas
30" x 24" (76.2cm x 6 0 . 9 6 c m )
P 60,000
153
107
León Gallery
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Property from the CLaude TAYAG collection
154
Alfredo Esquillo, Jr.
1972
D a ang Ligid Krus
1 9 96
O i l and saw dust on canva s
7 3 " x 65" (185cm x 165cm )
P 400,000
Treasures Vol. I, No. 4 Spring 1998, cover
Asian Art News VOLUME 10 NUMBER 2 MARCH/APRIL 2000, p. 68
Painting timeline:
1996 - ASEAN ART AWARDS, Fourth Prize, Bangkok, Thailand
PHILIPPINE ART AWARDS, Juror’s Prize, Manila, Philippines
1997 - Claude Tayag purchased painting from Hiraya Gallery
1998 - (June 13-August 30) – painting was loaned to Asian Art Museum of San Francisco “At Home and
Abroad: 21 Contemporary Filipino Artists”. Documented with photograph in the museum’s exhibition
catalog (cover and inside page).
2009 - (February) – painting loaned to Bencab Museum for its inaugural exhibition.
2013 - Painting loaned to Metropolitan Museum of Manila
Not only is it probably one of the most well-traveled pieces of Filipino art, having made the rounds of important exhibitions around the world, it has
also won plum prizes, first at the ASEAN Art Awards in 1996, and then at the Philippine Art Awards the same year where it won the Juror's Prize.
Art aficionados consider this a seminal piece in that it triggered a revolution in modern contemporary art even with its strong social realist style,
capturing an All Saint's Day scene where cemetery visitors appear to celebrate the memory of those they have lost, even as they are caught in a
maze, trapped in a labyrinth of their various and conflicting devotions. This large work was recently hanging at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila,
and its importance have been confirmed as early as the mid - 90s - at the time when auction houses abroad started taking notice of our modern
contemporary art and when the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco invited it to their 1998 show "At Home and Abroad: 21 Contemporary Filipino
Artists." In 2009, it was also loaned to the National Artist BenCab for the opening of his museum in Baguio.
108
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