Accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr. Christian M. Aguilar confirming the authenticity of this lot

ABOUT THE WORK

By 1949, Federico Aguilar Alcuaz was juggling the difficult roles of both being a student of Law at San Beda University and a painting student at UP School of Fine Arts, a compromise for his father who believed that Alcuaz would have difficulties in finances should he remain as a mere painter. However, his fear was assuaged when Alcuaz, even as a student, earned enough money only through his drawings and paintings. This abstraction, done in the same year, features the type of distortion Alcuaz would improve in his later years. Toeing the line between abstraction and figuration, he plays around planes and shapes, utilizing deliberate splotches of colors to create a surreal image of harmony and chaos. (Hannah Valiente)