{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":22087,"auction_id":23,"set_id":42,"lot_number":"181","artist":"Mauro Malang Santos (1928 - 2017)","title":"Four Seasons (Quadriptych)","starting_price":3000000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1994 (lower right)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"22\" x 18\" (56 cm x 46 cm) each 45\" x 37\" (114 cm x 94 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate issued by West Gallery confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"PROVENANCE \nLeo?n Gallery, The Kingly Treasures Auction 2017, December 2, 2017, Makati City, Lot 105","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"In 1974, Leonidas Benesa wrote about Malang's joyous celebration of life in his depiction of flowers. He noted that \"these same plant forms used to be present in his old landscapes and barong-barong scenes, as much as part of the overall design and decor.\" Benesa also added: \"Now, however, they [the flowers] occupy the foreground as the centers of interest, blooming right into one's face and consciousness, like large Chagall bouquets.\"
\n\nTwenty years later, the same observation still resonated with this colorful quadriptych from 1994. Indeed, Malang's attention was never on the darker aspects of life; he preferred to pursue the lighter sides of the imagination. The paintwork is thick and dense, though also delicate. All four panels of the quadriptych stroke the eye somewhat as the power\nand complexity of musical chords in music do to the ear. Emmanuel Torres once wrote: \"Malang's pictorialism is as baroque as Manansala's, differing only in that it indulges in multi sectional and highly mannered effects.\"","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Mauro Malang Santos (1928 - 2017) Four Seasons (Quadriptych) signed and dated 1994 (lower right) oil on canvas 22\" x 18\" (56 cm x 46 cm) each 45\" x 37\" (114 cm x 94 cm)