Tag: auction
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Félix Martínez’s Village Scene and the History of the Jota Manileña
Félix Martínez y Lorenzo painted this village dance in Manila in 1886. The work is signed “Felix Martinez” in red at the lower left. Auction catalogues also record an inscription dating it to Manila in 1886. The composition is horizontal. Two barefoot dancers occupy the center and left side of the foreground. A group of…
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Juan Luna in Japan
Juan Luna’s brief but productive stay in Japan in 1896 is not always discussed is scholarship even if the works he produced during those visits forms some of the most visually compelling episodes of his late career. After returning to Manila in 1894, and following a turbulent period amid the growing revolutionary climate, Luna traveled…