This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr. Alexander Richard Joya Baldovino confirming the authenticity of this lot

ABOUT THE WORK

The splendor of Jose Joya’s gestural works shows how he considered drawing as the foundation for honing one’s artistic skills. For Joya, drawing “has always represented complete, exacting works of art.” Throughout his artistic career, one can see the relationship between the linear and the painterly in his works. The woman with soft facial features and in Filipiniana with the signature billowing butterfly sleeves in this work showcases Joya’s captivating visual descriptive touch on his figures. It is one of his works that displays Joya’s versatility beyond his expressionistic abstract streak.