{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":39775,"auction_id":60,"set_id":88,"lot_number":"29","artist":"Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)","title":"Ruins on Rizal Avenue","starting_price":1600000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1945 (lower right)","medium":"oil on masonite board","size":"17” x 25” (43 cm x 64 cm)","property":null,"coa":"This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued","provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"The Avenida Rizal was created by Manila City ordinance in 1911 from two streets — Calle Dulumbayan (literally the edge of town) and Calle  Salcedo.  It lengthened in the next two decades all the way up to Caloocan and the  monument honoring Andres Bonifacio done by Guillermo Tolentino in the 1930s.  It was the city's longest street before the war. \nIn the 19th century, Dalumbayan appeared in the Spanish language newspaper El Oriente  as a road lined wirth nipa huts, The Americans became the new colonizers and the avenue was center of the city's social life, as can be seen in the cover of the January 1923 American Chamber  of Commerce in the Philippines Journal.  Later in the 1920s, the street was to be lined with shops, restaurants such as Tom’s Dixie Kitchen and movie theaters such as Ideal -which then exclusively featured MGM — “more stars than the galaxy” — in the Santa Cruz plaza end.  A 1935 ad in the Ramon Roces magazine “Graphic” featured Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in “Reckless”, and many Manilenos flocked to the theater coming from eiter Jones Bridge, Escolta,  or Avenida Rizal to see their favorite Hollywood stars.  The theaters were designed by the prominent architects  of the day, many of whom would become national Artists.\nAfter the onset of World War II, Amorsolo's typical pastoral scenes were replaced by the depictions of a war-torn Manila, and Avenida Rizal was among the streets which bore the brunt of destruction.  During the Japanese occupation, Amorsolo spent his days at his home near the Japanese garrison, where he sketched all the bombed-out landmarks of the city from the house's windows or rooftop.  The crisp daubs of paint with which highlight what remains of the architecture are powerfully rendered, as well as suggestions of the rubble and smoke.  During and after the war, he documented the destruction of many landmarks in Manila such as “Intramuros,  Destruide Por Los Salvajes Japoneses” and this work, “Ruins on Rizal Avenue,” from 1945.  In 1948, Amorsolo's wartime masterpieces were exhibited at the Malacanang Palace.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"<p><strong>Fernando Amorsolo</strong> (1892-1972)<br /><em>Ruins on Rizal Avenue</em><br />signed and dated 1945 (lower right)<br />oil on masonite board<br />17&rdquo; x 25&rdquo; (43 cm x 64 cm)</p>","alias":null,"hp":2800000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":2800000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":3270400,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":38158,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/60/88/lot/29.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":28,"next":30,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}