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Masterpieces On Sale At Leon Gallery’s Magnificent September Auction

Hernando R. Ocampo, Fernando Zobel lead the highlights this Saturday, September 10

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<div><br/></div><p><a href="https://leon-gallery.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwyOuYBhCGARIsAIdGQRMHASuFTnAQluTTr_ybbqpu8xfG_CsXCEgmmGtWWUN_8N8x86S-VdgaAjPwEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Leon Gallery</a>, the country’s premier and most trusted auction house is slated to open this year’s edition of The Magnificent September Auction on September 10, Saturday. </p><div><br/></div><p>“An auction is always an occasion to view art as a continuum of human creativity; and the 2022 edition of theMagnificent September Auction is no exception,” says Leon Gallery director Jaime Ponce de Leon in the catalog foreword.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0_9mupDcL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 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style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0_9mupDcL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by León Gallery (@leongallerymakati)</a></div></div></blockquote> </div><div><br/></div><br/><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/living/tips/portoro-gift-registry-by-nathalie-kupfer-henares/33388" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Timeless Elegance And Modern Practicality Meet In This Bespoke Gift Registry</a></div><div><br/></div><p>“The first is the glorious <em>Fifty-Five A</em>, painted for Hernando R. Ocampo’s closest confidante and intellectual sparring partner: Jose Fernandez Zaide. Jose was the equally brilliant younger brother of the more famous Gregorio, who was one of the best-known historians in the country, and whose works dominated Philippine textbooks for entire generations. </p><div><br/></div><p>“Jose, like HR, was a journalist although they became fast friends in their different lives afterwards; Zaide as diplomat, HR as artist and the first neo-realist.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/4c6714dd-208d-44a3-a859-d4b71d119b6c_lot 23. h.r. ocampo - fifty-five " style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Lot 23. H.R. Ocampo - Fifty-Five &#x27;A&#x27;<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Courtesy of Leon Gallery  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Equally intriguing is the Zobel work <em>Siga-Siga</em>, which debuted at the artist’s very first one-man show at the storied Philippine Art Gallery in February 1953.</p><div><br/></div><p>“<em>Siga-Siga</em> would furthermore catch the eye of a young collector, the man who would eventually captain Ayala y Cia and preside over the historic expansion of Ayala Corporation, making it to this day, a force to reckon with. That man would be Enrique Zobel, known to Philippine business and industry simply as &#x27;EZ.&#x27;&#x27;</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/68238057-b471-4c12-9a3e-8f8d115b2700_lot 123. fernando zobel - siga-siga.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Lot 123. Fernando Zobel - Siga-Siga<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Courtesy of Leon Gallery  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>In the gallery below, see 11 more covetable works of art on offer at the Magnificent September Auction in Leon Gallery on Saturday, September 1o, 2022:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/25987e69-a32f-41b6-ac48-6cf207b1566c_leon gallery_gallery cover.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/92e15257-862b-4fff-baec-a48c496f87b8_lot 13. fernando amorsolo - lavandera.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/c3a1fe8a-5724-4a81-84cb-32cc383aff2c_lot 30. fernando amorsolo - palay.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/d25a04ff-b4e4-4c8b-8621-2060b0191dcc_lot 37. fernando zobel - ercavica (arc-orgelia).jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/17e0eb03-7651-46bb-bbc8-662a884293c6_lot 50. benedicto cabrera - girl with salakot.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/1d83d2e1-0a76-48ad-a73b-5452fd6549bb_lot 67. jose john santos iii - paperweight i.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/86941d28-893e-497e-9f10-f55d80b06910_lot 71. benedicto cabrera - the last march.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/8baeeb7f-5dc9-441f-917d-bab976f1ae8f_lot 83. arturo luz - carnival forms ii.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/597f2e2d-6c91-432c-b292-ca09b9ce61bf_lot 131. victorio edades - the elegant debutante.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/b03b40ef-7f68-41f3-a075-7986933b892f_lot 141. romulo galicano - poor man" s="" meal="" to="" vincent="" van="" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/80ff749d-9807-4fb5-819f-ff1391626e16_lot 146. fernando amorsolo - burning of intendencia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/0a410889-0194-48da-9126-d3a004eeb018_lot 158. fernando amorsolo - monument of legaspi and urdaneta.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 13. Fernando Amorsolo - Lavandera - From the artist&#x27;s &#x27;Golden Period.&#x27;<cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 30. Fernando Amorsolo - Palay - From the artist&#x27;s &#x27;Golden Period.&#x27;<cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 37. Fernando Zobel - Ercavica (Arc-Orgelia) - Also on offer is another work by Zobel from the other end of his artistic spectrum, Ercavica (Arc – Orgelia), which encapsulates the four-decade friendship between Fernando Zóbel and the Pfeufer couple, Jim and Reed. Ercavica would form the later part of Zóbel’s seminal Saetas, the series which signaled his artistic maturation and unwavering devotion to the cause of abstract art. <cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 50. Benedicto Cabrera - Girl with Salakot - Two rarities from Benedicto Cabrera’s first Larawan exhibition in October 1972 at the famed The Luz Gallery—Girl with a Salakot and The Last March, are also going under the hammer. Interestingly, that landmark exhibition would be the first cultural activity after the declaration of martial law. These works encapsulate Bencab’s artistic coming-of-age, an influential maestro in a league of his own.  <cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 67. Jose John Santos III - Paperweight I - The largest work by contemporary star Jose John Santos III titled Paperweight 1, which was part of the artist’s monumental exhibition in 2014 at Singapore’s Pearl Lam Galleries will also be auctioned. <cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 71. Benedicto Cabrera - The Last March - From the artist&#x27;s 1972 show, Larawan.<cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 83. Arturo Luz - Carnival Forms II<cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 131. Victorio Edades - The Elegant Debutante<cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 141. Romulo Galicano - Poor Man&#x27;s Meal (Homage to Vincent van Gogh&#x27;s &#x27;Potato Eaters&#x27;) - Poor Man’s Meal (Homage to the Potato Eater by Vincent Van Gogh) by Romulo Galicano, which is deemed by the Cebuano master as “one his best works” and “one of his favorites” due to the work being a personal reflection of his youth in Carcar, Cebu. <cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 146. Fernando Amorsolo - Burning of Intendencia<cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Lot 158. Fernando Amorsolo - Monument of Legaspi and Urdaneta - From the artist&#x27;s &#x27;Golden Period.&#x27;<cite>Courtesy of Leon Gallery</cite></p></div></div></div></div><div><br/></div><p>Of course, a Leon sale wouldn’t be complete without the magnificent presence of the iconic themes of the <em>Grand Old Man of Philippine Art</em>, Fernando Amorsolo. Three works from his <em>Golden Period</em> and a wartime piece are at hand. The dashing modernists are represented by Victorio Edades and his <em>The Elegant Debutante</em>, and Arturo Luz, with his epic <em>Carnival Forms II</em>. The carnival theme was also one of Luz’s favorites. </p><div><br/></div><p>“With art comes appreciation, and we are honored to continue to share both with all of you, friends and patrons of León Gallery, to whom we share this new Magnificent September Auction,” concludes Ponce de Leon.</p><div><br/></div><div><em>Co-presented by ANCX, the urban man’s guide to style and culture, The Magnificent September Auction is happening this September 10, 2022, 2 PM, at Leon Gallery, Eurovilla 1, Rufino corner Legazpi Streets, Legazpi Village, Makati City. Preview week will be held from September 3 to 9, 2022, 9 AM to 7 PM, at the same venue. For further inquiries, email info@leon-gallery.com or contact +632 8856-27-81. To browse the catalog, visit <a href="www.leon-gallery.com" target="_blank">www.leon-gallery.com</a>. Follow León Gallery on their social media pages for timely updates: <a href="www.facebook.com/leongallerymakati" target="_blank">Facebook</a>   and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leongallerymakati/" target="_blank">Instagram @leongallerymakati</a>. </em></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>By Adrian Maranan</strong></div><div><strong>Photographs Courtesy of Leon Gallery</strong></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>