Accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr. Alexander Richard Joya Baldovino confirming the authenticity of this lot

Provenance: : León Gallery, The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2016, June 11, 2016, Makati City, Lot 29

Literature: : Arcellana, Francisco, Arcellana on Joya, Far East Bank and Trust Company, Intramuros Manila, Philippines, 1980, p. 7 (illustrated)

ABOUT THE WORK

A great variety of styles and themes have arisen from National Artist Jose Joya’s oeuvre. Having taken interest in both modernism and classicism, he refused to confine himself to any singular genre, creating works that make use of an assortment of various media and styles. In his figurative drawings, usually of the Mother and Child variety or of elegantly poised women, Joya captures the character and notable grace of his subjects in all their resound humility. In this very work, we are treated to a display by the classicist Joya, though one that features subjects of a very different 1 Emmanuel Garibay (b. 1962) Mother and Child signed (lower left) and dated 2002 (verso) oil on canvas 24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm) P 160,000 Accompanied by a certificate signed by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot masters BenCab, Malang, Aguilar Alcuaz, Antonio, Dalena and Saguil upon his works. Gabribay’s work features a stunning combination of social realism and avant-garde figurative expression, humor and seriousness, social critique and character depiction. Achieved through his finished works is an effective storytelling of people in social, political, and religious complexity. character. A bearded man takes center stage, reticent and resolute in his poised, casual posture, his very essence captured by the artist’s hand and eye.