{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":1774,"auction_id":3,"set_id":4,"lot_number":"87","artist":"Romulo Olazo (1934 - 2015)","title":"Untitled","starting_price":200000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1986 (lower left)","medium":"oil on board","size":"14 1/2\" x 24\" (37 cm x 61 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A DISTINGUISHED COUPLE","coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"The charm of an Olazo piece is its simplicity, its artistic candor. Apart from his renowned Diaphanous and Permutation series, Olazo also produced a sizable collection in his Untitled Series. Most of Olazo’s Untitled pieces showcased the artist’s creative genius at its most pure and fundamental state. The modern maestro exhibited exquisite restraint with his deft hand and keen eye, more so with his play on light and motion – as is in this oil painting. Owing to the bold and broad swathes of assorted colors, the abundance of drama and gravity in this piece is apparent. The shapes and planes seem predestined to be cohesive in the construction of spatial complexity, creating a delicate as well as elegant effect. Though Olazo is best remembered for his major works, without his Untitled Series, we would have never witnessed the master’s raw artistic vision.
\nA celebrated personality in the art world, Olazo is among the premiere abstractionists who left an indelible mark on the culture of Filipino abstract art. In 1986, he held a solo show at the Luz Gallery in July with 43 pieces exhibited, among those are eight Untitled pieces. The influential curator Ray Albano and Olazo also had a two-man show at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. And in October, the first father-and-son show titled “Olazo and Olazo\" was held at the De La Salle University, Manila. (P.I.R.)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Romulo Olazo (1934 - 2015) Untitled signed and dated 1986 (lower left) oil on board 14 1/2\" x 24\" (37 cm x 61 cm)