THE 4 POPULAR ARTS OF 4 VISUAL ARTISTS

Lot 202: Abdulmari Imao (1936 - 2014) - Sarimanok

Leon Gallery
July 16, 2021
Makati City, Philippines

840: Abdulmari Imao (1936 - 2014)

Est: PHP220,000 - PHP286,000

Jul. 30, 2022

Leon Gallery
Makati City, PH
Abdulmari Imao (1936 - 2014) Sarimanok Series signed and dated
2010(lower right) acrylic on canvas 18” x 24” (46 cm x 61 cm)
Accompanied by acertificate issued by Mr. Toym de Leon Imao
confirming the authenticity of...

Lemons, Pears, Still Life and Landscape

Federico Aguilar Alcuaz
oil on canvas
36 x 29 in.
1973

FEDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ (b. The Philippines 1932)

Reveries of Love
signed and dated 'Aguilar Alcuaz/1985' (lower left)
oil on canvas
Reveries of Love is the elemental Federico Aguilar Alcuaz. In this
painting, he ties together his fascination for the feminine form, a
predilection for the romance of turn-of-the-century costume, and the
bold strokes that define his style. It is both powerfully modern yet
other-worldly. Ironies abound in this privately commissioned work,
including a subtle nod to the Filipino old master Juan Luna's famous
work with the same title, "Ensuenos de Amor", ("Reveries of Love"):
a sleeping beauty captured in a daydream, the nuances of her
ballgown lit, not by candlelight, but by the soft sunlit glare of the city skyline. Aguilar Alcuaz employs an
unusual color palette in this work, mutating from midnight black, frost grey to stark white, references to
early daguerrotypes, snapshots of a forgotten time and place.