{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":73,"auction_id":1,"set_id":1,"lot_number":"37","artist":"Vicente Manansala (1910 - 1981)","title":"The Bayanihan of Philippine Country Livelihoods : Fishing, Rice, Abaca, Sugar, Copra, Home Industry (Mat and Hat Weaving)","starting_price":500000,"signed_dated":"ca. 1970","medium":"pen and ink on paper","size":"13” x 116 1/2” (33 cm x 296 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY","coa":null,"provenance":"Acquired directly from the artist","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Vicente Manansala, one of the country’s leading modernists, creates a pantheon of Philippine Country Livelihoods, with its central image being the Bayanihan, the spirit of community and cooperative spirit that is uniquely Filipino. <br /><br />\n\nSix industries are selected for this drawing : fishing, rice, abaca, sugar, copra, home industry (covering mat and hat weaving.) It was intended to be the template for a massive wood carving that would measure more than 7 feet in length. There are echoes of Botong Francisco’s Progress of Medicine mural created for the Philippine General Hospital — as well as foreshadowing of Ang Kiukok’s Fishermen. (Botong and Manansala were fellow instructors in UST; while Manansala would be a pivotal mentor to the young Ang. <br /><br />\nIt is generally believed that, of all the artists that came out of the post war modernist movement, there is perhaps no one that inspired the next generation more than Vicente Manansala. He utilizes what art historian Rodolfo Paras- Perez described as a “unique synthesis of classistic and expressionist theories.” This is quite possibly one of the reasons why Manansala continues to be an imposing figure in the Philippine art scene. <br /><br />\n\nIn his works, in watercolor or in painting, Manansala’s affinities lean towards the Filipino sensibility. He explored culture, intimacy, and poverty in his works, with Filipino\nlandscapes and figures dominating his canvases. One of his most popular paintings, the Madonna of the Slums, repositions the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus into the Philippine squatters, opening the conversation about the intersection of Filipino culture and religion. <br /><br />\n\nHe continues to explore the Filipino sensibility with this lot at hand. Created around 1970, this huge pen and ink creation depicts multiple scenes that are dear to the Filipino identity. Drawn in a mural-like fashion, Manansala portrays a sequence of women peering out of a window, men working in the fields, farmers planting rice, and fishermen hauling netful of fishes. All these are quintessential Filipino scenes that, through Manansala’s sketches, were brought into life.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":1700000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":1700000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":2042720,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":41,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/1/1/lot/37.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":36,"next":38,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}