Lot description
Notable for its offering of works by old Philippine masters, this painting, one of the highlights of the auction, promises to delight serious art collectors. A recent and historic discovery by Salcedo Auctions advisor Ramon E.S. Lerma, Juan Luna y Novicio's A Farm House is an oil on wood depicting a Normandy country scene from the 1890s, whose whereabouts for nearly a century had been unknown, the only proof of its existence having been a photograph from the Luis Araneta collection, which was reproduced in the seminal book on the artist published by the Eugenio Lopez Foundation in 1980. The painting, which is in excellent condition, having been previously kept under glass, is striking for the intensity of its cobalt yellow and viridian pigments that foregrounds the thick impasto and impressionist brushwork of the master. It was brought to the auction house earlier this year, where it was also learned that it had formerly belonged to the estate of a friend of both Luna and the National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal.
