{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":26293,"auction_id":30,"set_id":51,"lot_number":"16","artist":"Carlos V. Francisco (1912 - 1969)","title":"a) Tikbalang\nb) Nuno sa Punso","starting_price":160000,"signed_dated":"a) signed (bottom)\nb) signed (bottom)","medium":"a) watercolor on paper\nb) watercolor on paper","size":"a) 16” x 10 1/2” (41 cm x 27 cm) \nb) 16” x 10 1/2” (41 cm x 27 cm)","property":null,"coa":"León Gallery wishes to thank Mr. Salvador Juban\nfor confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Private Collection, Manila","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Carlos “Botong” V. Francisco was a titan of Filipino iconography. Drawing from pre-Spanish legends from the north and south of the\nPhilippines, he created a world of noble Filipinos.
\n\nHe also enjoyed depicting the microcosmos of his beloved hometown of Angono, where he was always in the thick of community life, from the\ntown fiesta to its many everyday rituals.
\n\nPart and parcel of his love for the Filipino way of life was his fascination with our myths and folk tales. In these two works, he depicts the\ntikbalang—the half-man, half-horse creature that would lead people astray and away from home. For Botong, the tikbalang would have a\ndouble-edged meaning. One of his most famous works, in fact, is the Tikbalang, which he would often call The Critic.
\n\nThe second work of a dwarf atop an anthill is none other than the Nuno sa Punso, a sort of guardian of the forest who would heap illnesses on\nthose who cut down trees without first making offering and asking his permission to do so.
\n\nIn 2017, León Gallery auctioned a pair of handsome doors portraying the fiestas and myths of the Philippines from the Roces Collection. It included\na tikbalang and a nuno.
\n\n— Lisa Guerrero Nakpil","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Carlos V. Francisco (1912 - 1969) a) Tikbalang signed (bottom) watercolor on paper 16” x 10 1/2” (41 cm x 27 cm)
b) Nuno sa Punso signed (bottom) watercolor on paper 16” x 10 1/2” (41 cm x 27 cm)