Sunday, January 23, 2022
LOT #178

Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi (Filipino, b.1944) Etching Assortment

(5) prints by Gelvezon-Tequi including 1983 “Altar Mayor” pencil signed and dated lower right, #25/25 depicting Christ, Mary and (4) other saints; (2) prints including 1983 Santiago Matamoros (St. James the Moor-Slayer), pencil signed and dated lower right, #16/30 depicting the apparition of St. James the Greater in battle against the Moors and 1983 San Miguel Archangel, pencil signed and dated lower right, #18/30 depicting St. Michael having a downward pointed spear atop a demon, presented side by side; 1987 Santo Nino pencil signed and dated lower right, #4/40 depicting the Holy Child of Atocha having a globus cruciger in hand, crowned and wearing iconic wide-bottomed robe standing atop the earth; and 1987 San Martin, pencil signed and dated lower right depicting the soldier-saint Martin giving his robe to a beggar (Christ) shown below, all prints behind plexiglas in painted wood frames; together with 1992 “White Figure” pastel on linen board signed “Levdar N.” lower right depicting a heavily abstracted nude figure wearing a hat and boots, matted behind glass in a gold-tone wood frame

Estimate: $200 - $400

Hammer Price: $400

Dimensions: Height: 25 1/2 inches, Width: 19 3/4 inches (sight (Altar Mayor)); Frame Height: 31 1/2 inches, Frame Width: 25 1/8 inches

Condition: Very Good, Light to moderate wear. Gelvezon prints having waviness around images, consistent with materials and etching printing process; Gelvezon prints having uneven edges on paper consistent with medium; accretions to paper of "Altar Mayor" upper left and lower left corners; slight waviness to mat and artwork on "White Figure"; outline visible of beneath edges of mat, possibly from an adhesive

Disclaimers: not examined outside of frames

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Sales Tax: Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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