{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":22219,"auction_id":24,"set_id":43,"lot_number":"127","artist":"Solomon Saprid (1917 - 2003)","title":"Tikbalang","starting_price":600000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1976 ","medium":"brass","size":"19 1/2\" x 12\" x 11 1/2\" (49 cm x 30 cm x 29 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate issued by the heirs \nof the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Private Collection, Manila","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Solomon Saprid is a prime mover of re-introducing to\ncontemporary culture our pre-colonial folk beliefs that are\nmarks of our collective identity as a people. He began creating\nhis Tikbalang series in 1971. By welding scraps of metal into a\nraw, Brutalist style, Saprid produced a jagged characteristic to\nthe form of the native mythical creature.
\nAngel G. de Jesus described the remarkable skill of Saprid in\nthe March 8, 1979 issue of the Business Day: “His metalwork\nis unique and has a blown-out look derived from strands and\nlaboriously welded together to create work in which matter\nand space convey a feeling of airy, poetic beauty and grace.”
\nSaprid’s ability to render metal strips into a work that exudes\na feeling of graceful movement is laudable. The tikbalang,\nusually associated with deception and male virility in local\nsuperstition, is given a sense of vulnerability. Needless to say,\nthe Tikbalang series\nhas become the most iconic of Saprid’s oeuvre.","lot_group":"SCULPTURE","lot_details_html":"
Solomon Saprid (1917 - 2003) Tikbalang signed and dated 1976 brass 19 1/2\" x 12\" x 11 1/2\" (49 cm x 30 cm x 29 cm)