{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":47276,"auction_id":95,"set_id":125,"lot_number":"29","artist":"Lee Aguinaldo (1933 - 2007)","title":"Linear No. 46","starting_price":2200000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1966 (verso)","medium":"acrylic (aqua-tec) on wood","size":"38\" x 38\" (97 cm x 97 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"The Luz Gallery","exhibited":"The Luz Gallery, Makati, August 16, 1967","literature":null,"write_up":"Descended from an influential family linked to Emilio Aguinaldo, the country's first president and military leader, Lee Aguinaldo, a largely self-taught artist, gained prominence within Manila's elite circles from the 1950s to the 1970s and achieved recognition in both local and international art communities. During this period, he formed close connections with Arturo Luz, Roberto Chabet, Eric Torres, and found a mentor in Fernando Zobel.<br /><br />Lee Aguinaldo's affinity for art was evident from childhood, and he made his initial foray into the art scene through the annual exhibit at the Philippine Art Gallery (PAG). Notably, he participated in the inaugural non-objective group art exhibit alongside notable artists such as Fernando Zobel, Vicente Manansala, H.R. Ocampo, Arturo Luz, Victor Oteyza, and Nena Saguil. His works, including the popular Linear series, challenged conventional Filipino perceptions of beauty, showcasing distinctive color sensibilities and perspectives. The Philippine Art Gallery (PAG) became a recurring venue for exhibiting his art, emphasizing his calculated and precise application of acrylic pigments to achieve surface smoothness. This particular piece follows the usual naming convention that Aguinaldo has adopted not only for the aforementioned series, but also for his other explorations as well. Though exhibiting a sense of uniformity, each entry in the series unveils to us a different aspect in Aguinaldo’s sense of order; a testament to his dedication to the core tenets of Modernism. Linear No. 46 brings attention to the relationship of not only shape and line, a familiar approach to those fond of Aguinaldo’s work, but the effects of seemingly fractional divisions between them. Such a method shifts the perspective and size of the forms of the artist’s figures, effectively questioning what portion of our experience of the work is real or genuine; or even perhaps such a concept exists in the realm of representation in the first place. (Jed Daya)","lot_group":"Painting","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":4000000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":4000000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":4806400,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":46963,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/95/125/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}