{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":14593,"auction_id":13,"set_id":25,"lot_number":"141","artist":"Arturo Luz (1926 - 2021)","title":"a) Nude in Red Room b) Dialogue","starting_price":1600000,"signed_dated":"signed (lower left) dated 2001 each","medium":"acrylic on canvas each","size":"24\" x 24\" (61 cm x 61 cm) each","property":null,"coa":"Each piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by\nMs. Luisa Luz-Lansigan confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Acquired directly from the artist","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"With an illustrious career spanning nearly five decades, National Artist Arturo Luz has created masterpieces that epitomize an imposing sternness in form and style. Along with Fernando Zóbel, he is considered a pioneer of neo-realism in Philippine art for their adoption of a modernist approach to their artistry. According to the National Commission for the Culture and Arts, he has produced works that elevated Filipino aesthetic vision to new heights of sophisticated simplicity.
Luz’s human figures have no proportions and are monochromatic to highlight their linear depth. However, this particular piece is an exception - the figures of the women are more elaborated and expounded. He stated in 1973: “My work is linear or geometric, and that’s it, essentially. I cannot imagine myself going conceptual or surrealistic tomorrow.” He described his works as semi-representational and semiabstract. The early works of Luz were figurative but progressed towards abstraction later in his career as his style and artistry became more defined.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Arturo Luz (1926 - 2021) a) Nude in Red Room signed (lower left) dated 2001 acrylic on canvas 24\" x 24\" (61 cm x 61 cm)
b) Dialogue signed (lower left) dated 2001 acrylic on canvas 24\" x 24\" (61 cm x 61 cm)