{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":38595,"auction_id":53,"set_id":81,"lot_number":"55","artist":"Fernando Zobel (1924-1984)","title":"#305 Dianium","starting_price":3000000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1959 (lower left and verso)","medium":"Oil On Canvas","size":"24 1/2” x 29” (62 cm x 74 cm)","property":null,"coa":"This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Don Rafael  Perez-Madero confirming the authenticity of this lot.","provenance":"Private Collection, Manila","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"“Dianium” is the same in spirit to the Saetas except that the painting was done in black and white.  Fernando Zobel explained to Cid Reyes in 1978: “Most  of the Saetas are done in colored lines on colored backgrounds.” \n“Dianium” belongs to that group of paintings done in the 1950s and the  following years which critic Eric Torres refers to as: “the austerely and subtly  atmospheric black and white calligraphies...which have become Zobel’s  hallmarks...” As a backgrounder, when he was in his mid-thirties, Fernando  Zobel decided to retire from the family business to live in Spain and pursue the life of a fulltime artist.  His early figurative style evolved into pure non-objectivism via these black and white calligraphies which evolved from the Saeta series. \nZobel elaborated in 1978: “A ‘Saeta’ is an improvised song in the Flamenco  repertory.  It is brief, acidic, and highly emotional.” Yet in spite of its Spanish genesis, one can sense the Chinese aesthetic values, even Zen, in its minimalist approach, as well as its combination of sensory immediacy. \nIn “Dianium”, Zobel introduces a vibrant sense of spontaneity into the painting, which in turn results in a work that creates an astonishing sense of calm in the viewer. \nFernando Zobel has taken traditional ink painting further than most during his career.  He has developed a delicate imagery for the visually voluptuous 1950s and 1960s. \nUnlike many painters, Zobel is not imposing his visual dexterity on preconceived ideas of what painting should be on the viewer.  His art’s reality is an elementary simplicity that betrays his complex intellectual training.","lot_group":"Painting","lot_details_html":"<p><strong>Fernando Zobel</strong> (1924-1984)<br /><em># 305 Dianium</em><br />signed and dated 1959 (lower left and verso)<br />oil on canvas<br />24 1/2&rdquo; x 29&rdquo; (62 cm x 74 cm)</p>","alias":null,"hp":12000000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":12000000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":14016000,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":36870,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/53/81/lot/55.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":54,"next":56,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}