{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":9874,"auction_id":10,"set_id":17,"lot_number":"1196","artist":"Lee Aguinaldo (1933 - 2007)","title":"Untitled","starting_price":150000,"signed_dated":null,"medium":"pen, ink, pencil on photo\ntransfer on board","size":"22 1/2” x 25” (57 cm x 64 cm","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Lee Aguinaldo discovered his passion for the arts after encountering\nthe works of Rembrandt and the other Dutch masters at the\nMetropolitan Museum. But it was the eclectic oeuvres of the famed\nabstract expressionist Jackson Pollock that eventually influenced his\nearly works as a bona fide artist. Raw and real, these pieces were\ncharacterized by their energetic composition fueled by an impromptu\nmethodology that is undoubtedly similar to Pollock’s own practice.
Aguinaldo then went beyond his Abstract Expressionist Flick paintings\nand then began to dabble into the controlled simplicity of his\nrelatively more minimalist and linear works. These pieces feature a\nheavy emphasis on color, seemingly echoing the works of Rothko and\nAlbers. But, it is Aguinaldo’s use and command of light and gradation\nthat make his works true masterpieces.
\nThese elements give Aguinaldo’s work a sense of space and physicality\nthat, in turn, engages the viewer to ascribe a specific meaning. This\nparticular piece is more akin to Aguinaldo’s later style rather than\nhis Linear or Flick works. The work features the use of frottage or\na technique in which the artist rubs an uneven surface to achieve\nthe desired effect. Aguinaldo’s process creates a seemingly ethereal\nlayer that partly obscures a much more detailed work behind a wall\nof paint and material. Aguinaldo would eventually incorporate this\ntechnique into his mixed-media and image-based pieces. (J.D.)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Lee Aguinaldo (1933 - 2007) Untitled pen, ink, pencil on photo transfer on board 22 1/2” x 25” (57 cm x 64 cm)