Cesar Legaspi “Man and Woman” 1975 on Canvas Size: 30″ x 18″
₱35,000.00
The naked torsos of a man and woman are painted in abstract, geometric forms blending into the space of Cesar Legaspi’s Man and Woman (1975). As Legaspi moved closer to abstraction, the objective reality of his subject remained as a persistent undercurrent in his abstract images. The figures are launched into rhythm and movement moving away from the stasis.
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