Provenance: This painting by Anita Magsaysay Ho was the contribution of the artist to the fundraiser of the UP College of Fine Arts in 1992 as a raffle prize.This painting by Anita Magsaysay Ho was the contribution of the artist to the fundraiser of the UP College of Fine Arts in 1992 as a raffle prize. In the said raffle held at the Ayala Museum, each ticket holder who contributed to the College of Fine Arts fundraiser was assured of an artwork from an alumnus. Mrs. Magsaysay-Ho’s work was the grand prize and thus, the last to be called. The lucky winners were spouses Damian Luis Reyes and Lorna Llames-Reyes who presently own the painting and have decided to put it on auction.

ABOUT THE WORK

In A World of Grace — Anita’s women People deserve endless space and time. This aphorism is a telling one in the context of romantic subjects in Philippine art. This is true for these two faces which are neither overtly romantic nor bold, but seems lost in its own sphere of calm? Far from being sensual, the figure is singularly elegant in the form reduced to the utmost simplicity almost to the point of pleasant, uncomplicated familiarity