{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":47417,"auction_id":95,"set_id":125,"lot_number":"170","artist":"Hugo Yonzon, Jr. (1924 - 1994)","title":"Boats","starting_price":100000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1959 (lower right)","medium":"oil on masonite board","size":"22\" x 28\" (56 cm x 71 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":"Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) 12th Annual Exhibition and Competition, 1959","literature":null,"write_up":"Hugo Yonzon, Jr.’s Boats was the artist’s entry to the 12th Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) Annual Exhibition and Competition in 1959, the same event where Joya’s now-legendary Space Transfiguration bagged the second prize. In this piece, the titular boats are rendered starkly, veering towards an almost geometric manner and towards abstraction.<br /><br />Before venturing into painting, Yonzon, Jr. was an accomplished cartoonist; he was the brain behind the popular cartoon strips of his time, “Sakay” and “Moy,” published in The Manila Times. He had also won the first prize for caricature at the 1951 AAP Annual and another 1st prize, this time for photography, at the 1953 iteration.<br /><br />As the 1950s progressed, Yonzon, Jr. slowly transitioned into painting, reaching his flowering as a full-fledged painter in the 7th AAP Annual in 1954, where he won the coveted 1st prize for modern painting for his piece Harana. The eminent Fernando Zóbel, writing in his article “The Seventh Annual AAP Art Exhibition,” published in the Philippine Studies journal, notes that in that year’s Annual, “the most interesting work came from comparative newcomers.” He would then cite Yonzon, Jr.’s award-winning work as deserving of its accolade.<br /><br />In the same article, Zóbel describes Yonzon, Jr.’s work as reminiscent of Luz “in its use of a linear, basically geometrical composition” and of Manansala’s technique, “particularly in the dramatic use of dark color—also a fitting description for 1959’s Boats. In addition, Yonzon, Jr.’s emphasis on texture through his employment of seemingly vibrating patches of colors palpably appeals to the tactile imagination. (Adrian Maranan)","lot_group":"Painting","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":1200000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":1200000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":1441920,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":46929,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/95/125/lot/170.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":169,"next":171,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}