{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":26734,"auction_id":32,"set_id":53,"lot_number":"151","artist":"Danilo Dalena (b. 1942)","title":"Jai-Alai Series","starting_price":2400000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1980 (verso)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"36” x 36” (91 cm x 91 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION","coa":null,"provenance":"Acquired directly from the artist","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"An exemplary Filipino realist-impressionist artist, Danilo Dalena\nstudied fine arts under National Artist Victorio Edades and\nGalo Ocampo. He made a mark in the early seventies with\nhis unflinching editorial cartoons and illustrations for the Philippines \nFree Press and Asia-Philippines Leader, working with some of the \ngreats like José “Pete” Lacaba, Greg Brillantes, and National Artist \nNick Joaquin. <br /><br />\nDuring the Martial Law years, Dalena produced his Jai-Alai series,\ninspired by the Spanish Basque sport adapted in the country. In \n1974, he won First Prize for his painting Tres-Seis Dejado that \nfeatures lost bettors in the old Jai Alai fronton, Taft Avenue, in the\nArt Association of the Philippines (AAP) contest. He bested Ang\nKiukok, Jose Joya, and Onib Olmedo in 1980 as he won the Grand\nPrize in the Mobil Art Awards for his Jai-Alai as Metaphor piece. <br /><br />\n\nHis art composed of ordinary people reveals wit, humor, and \nirreverence. A narrative quality is also apparent in his works, often \nlinked with his close association with Joaquin. This particular 1980 \npiece is part of his Jai-ALai series, featuring lush and fleshy bodies\nin earth tones. Dalena depicts his figures as he sees them, capturing\nthe Filipino psyche.<br /><br />\n\nHis Jai-Alai series feature Dalena’s perspective on swarming crowds and masses of gamblers. The betting halls become metaphors for the human condition of being in a state of temporary heightened existence, searching for luck upon playing a popular sport in which people place their bets. Philippine society in crisis, in particular, is rendered with despondency.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":6000000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":6000000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":7008000,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":24162,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/32/53/lot/151.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":150,"next":152,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}