{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":50206,"auction_id":99,"set_id":131,"lot_number":"115","artist":"Solomon Saprid (1917 - 2003)","title":"Collector","starting_price":400000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1979","medium":"bronze","size":"21\" x 14\" x 10\" (53 cm x 36 cm x 25 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate issued by the heirs of the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":null,"exhibited":"ABC Galleries, Solomon Saprid: Fifth Solo Exhibition, 1981","literature":null,"write_up":"With the rough and jagged textural intensity of brass as a medium and its symbolic association with the vitality of the human mind, Solomon Saprid imparts an uncoerced and palpable sense of dynamism to his sculptures. Saprid once said that he wanted “action” in his sculpture, noting that none of his works are static and are rendered in what he coined as “frozen motion.” The eminent art critic Alfredo Roces corroborated Saprid’s statement, saying that the latter’s work “has a kinetic quality to it...a sense of arrested action.”
In 1979, the year Saprid produced the work at hand, Angel de Jesus praised Saprid’s dexterity in his column on the ‘Business Day.’ De Jesus echoes the words of the eminent Hernando R. Ocampo, in which the latter described Saprid as “the Philippines’ best living sculptor.” “[Saprid’s] metal work is unique and has a blown-out look derived from strands and filaments laboriously welded together to create work in which matter and space convey a feeling of airy, poetic beauty and grace,” de Jesus writes.
“The viewer’s eyes do not see the rough metallic texture, enamored as he is by the beauty of the composition, which is emphasized by the color of the metal. It is remarkable how strips of metal can be so constructed as to produce such a feeling of movement and grace.” (A.M.)","lot_group":"SCULPTURE","lot_details_html":"
Solomon Saprid (1917 - 2003) Collector signed and dated 1979 bronze 21\" x 14\" x 10\" (53 cm x 36 cm x 25 cm)