{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":47643,"auction_id":96,"set_id":126,"lot_number":"344","artist":"Ang Kiukok (1931-2005)","title":"Two Figures I,II,III,IV,V and VI<br /> Six Figure Series Volume No. 2","starting_price":60000,"signed_dated":"handsigned and dated 1980 (lower right)","medium":"etching 3/30","size":"each: 12\" x 11\" (30 cm x 28 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM THE LORNA REVILLA MONTILLA COLLECTION","coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Lorna Revilla Montilla\nPolymath and Mother to Many Artists<br /><br />\nAmost respected anthropologist, art and culture writer, and artist, \nLorna Revilla Montilla earned her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy \nand English at the Far Eastern University in 1953. While still in \ncollege, Montilla was President of the FEU Women's Club (1952) and \nwrote her column titled \"Shooting Stars\" in the Bacolod City Star (1951). <br /><br />\nAfter embarking on her postgraduate studies in Cultural Anthropology at \nthe Ateneo de Manila University from 1961 to 1962, Montilla began her \ncultural pursuits. From 1962 to 1964, she was Art and Cultural Assistant \nto Manila Mayor Antonio Villegas, who bestowed her a \"Citation of \nAppreciation\" under the prestigious \"Araw ng Maynila\" Award in 1963. \nMontilla was also an Art and Cultural Consultant to Minister of Public \nInformation Francisco \"Kit\" S. Tatad from 1969 to 1979.<br /><br />\nMontilla was a cultural writer for the country's leading periodicals: \nThe Sunday Chronicle Magazine and The Manila Chronicle (1962 to \n1969), Variety Magazine and The Manila Times (1963 to 1964), and \nThe Panorama Magazine (1979 to 1985). Montilla was also an art and \nfood writer for The Philippine Daily Inquirer (1991 to 1992) and an art \nand culture writer for the same newspaper (1993 to 1997). She had her \ncolumn titled \"People, Places, and Things\" in Asia-Philippines Leader \n(1972 to 1973), co-founded by its first editor-in-chief Nick Joaquin, and \n\"Here I Am Once More\" in The Gallery Hopper, an art magazine edited by \nManuel Duldulao (1981). <br /><br />\nShe was a beloved anthropologist who engaged in research and lectured \non art and ethnology. She profoundly immersed herself in the cultures \nof our indigenous peoples. She dwelt among and integrated with the \nIfugaos, Itneg, and Isneg of the Cordilleras, the Mangyans of Mindoro, \nthe T'bolis of South Cotabato, the Mansakas of the Davao Region, \nand the Sulods of Panay. Montilla was the first woman writer to reach \nKabugao in Apayao, the native land of the Isnegs.<br /><br /> \nMontilla forged friendships with the most prolific artists of her time, now \nour most cherished ones: Vicente Manansala, Cesar Legaspi, Ang Kiukok, \nMalang, Eduardo Castrillo, and even the \"living legends\" of Philippine art, \nBenedicto Cabrera, Manuel Baldemor, and Ramon Orlina. She mounted \na five-man exhibition consisting of Legaspi, Kiukok, Malang, Bencab, and \nGaston Damag at London's Wraxall Art Gallery in 1982.<br /><br />\nA mother to many artists, Montilla hosted lunches and parties at her house \nand lovingly cooked comfort food (a favorite was omelet rice) at Ermita's \nlegendary pub, Cafe Los Indios Bravos, served during the midnight hours \namid drunkenness, thrilling chaos, and agitating sleeplessness.<br /><br />\nMontilla converted her home garage into an art gallery (The Garage \nGallery) that showcased and sold the works of these artists, along with \npieces from the Filipino masters of yore. Some of their works formed part \nof Montilla's collection and are now offered in León Gallery's opening \nsalvo for 2024, immortalizing her benevolence and genuine bond with \nthese celebrated artists. (Adrian Maranan)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":110000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":110000,"userBid":7866,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":132176,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":47424,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/96/126/lot/344.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[70000,80000,90000,100000,110000,120000,130000,140000,150000,160000,170000,180000,190000,200000,220000,240000,260000,280000,300000,320000,340000,360000,380000,400000,450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":343,"next":345,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}