This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr. Christian Aguilar confirming the authenticity of this lot

Provenance: Private Collection, Makati City

ABOUT THE WORK

Alcuaz offers us a glimpse into private artistic settings, with a twist. Alcuaz allows the comfortable sensuality about the woman’s body to temper the erudite, academic presence of the paintings. The entire pictorial space is a quietly hectic demonstration of that universal unity in variety ideal of design. Known for his pseudo Impressionist paintings with torch like colors and quick, rhythmic brushstrokes reduced to essential forms, he is also known for the domestic scenes of his Tres Marias. This painting seems to channel Bonnard’s nudes in interiors while illustrating that even in a progressively avant garde age of looking at art, the human form will never lose its allure.