{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":140,"auction_id":1,"set_id":1,"lot_number":"104","artist":"Vicente Manansala (1910 - 1981)","title":"Madonna","starting_price":8000000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1980 (uppper left)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"26” x 30” (66 cm x 76 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM THE VIRGINIA “LENI” V. REYES COLLECTION","coa":"Accompanied by a certificate of attestation issued by Cora B. Lopa confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Acquired directly from the artist","exhibited":null,"literature":"Paras-Perez, Rod. Manansala. Manila: PLC Publications, 1980.<br /> Mentioned as “Madonna” on page 264 in Manansala’s<br /> “Chronology” by Florina H. Capistrano-Baker.","write_up":"Vicente Manansala takes a keen interest in anything Filipino. From the barrio to the city, his oeuvre features many Filipino subjects. One of his most famous works, Madonna of the Slums (1950), reimagines the popular image of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus as a poverty-stricken mother and child in an urban shanty. A postwar artist who had experienced the hardship of war firsthand, Manansala’s works do not shy away from the uncomfortable realities of Philippine society.<br /><br />At first glance, this 1980 work, aptly entitled Madonna, seems a deviation from his typical works with the painting dappled in soft light colors. Like the dark Madonna of the Slums, a mother and her child are at the forefront. However while the former painting utilizes its warm muted palette to convey the cramped situation of the congested city, the 1980 Madonna is all cool bright colors. Blue and green are the dominating colors, with pops of pink and yellow to brighten the piece. The wind blowing in the mother’s hair and swirling through the trees in the background suggests an open space unlike the confined spaces of the slums of his usual works. However, while drastically different from his usual repertoire, this piece still features Manasala’s classic cubist style and his affinity for anything quintessentially Filipino. (Hannah Valiente)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":8000000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":8000000,"userBid":5930,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":9612800,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":110,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/1/1/lot/104.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":103,"next":105,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}