Jose Joya: Seafront
JOSE JOYA (1931 - 1995)
Seafront
Estimate: PHP 1,400,000 - 1,600,000
Signed and dated 'March 12, 1979' (lower right)
Oil on board
56 x 35 cm (22 x 14 in)
Inscribed at the back of the frame, Seafront, Oil, 14" x 22", March 12, 1979
National Artist Jose Joya’s avant-garde, fresh style marked a distinct departure from the customary path of his contemporaries, who explored their creativity within the boundaries of representational art. At first sight, Joya’s abstractions are instantly enamoring. In all their variations, they command attention; his energy lingers in each commanding stroke, drawing viewers in. Each splash and swathe of azure color expresses the very essence of pacific emotion, the forms in their purity coalescing, binding seemingly disparate fragments together mellifluously into symbiotic wholes.
Lot 30 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on September 17, 2022. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.
Jose Joya: Seafront
JOSE JOYA (1931 - 1995)
Seafront
Estimate: PHP 1,400,000 - 1,600,000
Signed and dated 'March 12, 1979' (lower right)
Oil on board
56 x 35 cm (22 x 14 in)
Inscribed at the back of the frame, Seafront, Oil, 14" x 22", March 12, 1979
National Artist Jose Joya’s avant-garde, fresh style marked a distinct departure from the customary path of his contemporaries, who explored their creativity within the boundaries of representational art. At first sight, Joya’s abstractions are instantly enamoring. In all their variations, they command attention; his energy lingers in each commanding stroke, drawing viewers in. Each splash and swathe of azure color expresses the very essence of pacific emotion, the forms in their purity coalescing, binding seemingly disparate fragments together mellifluously into symbiotic wholes.
Lot 30 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on September 17, 2022. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.