{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":39574,"auction_id":58,"set_id":86,"lot_number":"182","artist":"Arturo Luz (1926 - 2021)\n","title":"Magbabanig","starting_price":1600000,"signed_dated":"signed (lower left)","medium":null,"size":"27 1/2” x 15 1/4” (70 cm x 39 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Morton J. Netzorg, USA","exhibited":"Carnegie Endowment International Center, Philippine \nCultural Exhibition, 46th Street, New York City, \nSeptember 1- October 1, 1953;\nAmerican International Underwriters Building, Philippine \nCultural Exhibition, 102 Maiden Lane, New York City, \nNovember 16 – December 15, 1953;\nChancery of the Embassy of the Philippines, Philippine \nCultural Exhibition, Washington, D.C., \nFebruary 24 – March 9, 1954","literature":"Philippine Cultural Exhibition 1953-1954, An Exhibition  of Paintings and Sculpture by 21 Philippine Artists  arranged by the Philippine Art Gallery (PAG) with  foreword by Salvador P. Lopez, New York, (illustrated)","write_up":"In the late 1950s Arturo Luz admired the style of Rufino Tamayo.  In a 1973 interview, Cid Reyes asked Arturo Luz: “Did you  ever consciously imitate Tamayo’s style?”\nArturo Luz replied: “Well let me ask you, would any painter admit to having consciously imitated another painter?  Subconsciously, of course, one can be very attracted to another painter’s work, and the younger you are, the more you deny it.  \nPerhaps it’s a matter of pride, I don’t know. It’s only later that you acknowledge your debt to whoever influenced you.  Being influenced is a natural process; if you try to fight it, I think you’re already one step behind, because you can’t….”\nThe “Magbabanig” is rendered in Arturo Luz’ now familiar semi-abstract line and composition. In another occasion, Arturo Luz was quoted: “…To a painter… the primary object should be to produce a work of art, not a  Filipino painting.  The very moment he consciously aims to create what to his mind is distinctly Filipino — perhaps a market scene in Quiapo done on a native lanete, instead of the usual canvas, and painted in achuete — he sacrifices his artistic integrity, and his work usually results in dismal failure.  Why? Because he strives to produce, primarily, a nationalistic painting, and only secondarily, an artistic one.”\nArturo Luz’ inclination to produce a primarily artistic work is exemplified in this piece — the slender, yet robustly astute figure is an excellent display of Luz’ abstraction of figures, and his use of minimalism.  Brilliant in composition and execution, this early work is a testament to the artist’s genius artistry.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"<p><strong>Arturo Luz</strong> (1926 - 2021)<br /><em>Magbabanig</em><br />1952<br />signed (lower left)<br />oil on wood<br />27 1/2&rdquo; x 15 1/4&rdquo; (70 cm x 39 cm)</p>","alias":null,"hp":18000000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":18000000,"userBid":null,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":0,"hammer_price":21024000,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":37906,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/58/86/lot/182.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":181,"next":183,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}