Antonio Leaño Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Antonio Leaño Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 22, 2023
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Garden
Est: ₱25,000 - ₱32,500
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Garden signed and dated 1997 (lower left) chalk pastel and graphite on paper 28” x 22” (71 cm x 56 cm) Accompanied by a certificate issued by El Refugio Arts and Sciences Foundation, Inc. and signed by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot
Leon Gallery
Oct. 22, 2022
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963)
Est: ₱12,000 - ₱15,600
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Untitled signed and dated 1999 (lower right) 26” x 20” (66 cm x 51 cm)
Leon Gallery
Jun. 11, 2022
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963)
Est: ₱100,000 - ₱130,000
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Beguiled signed and dated 2017 (lower center) acrylic and pigment ink on canvas 60" x 36" (152 cm x 91 cm) Accompanied by a certificate issued by Pinto Art Museum and signed by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot EXHIBITED Ayala Museum ArtistSpace, Descendants of Eden, Makati City, March 23 - April 5, 2017 Continuing from his 2016 series, East of Eden comes another intriguing body of work from Antonio Catral Leaño—Descendants of Eden. As with the preceding series, Leaño employs what he described as a "digital collage." He showcases appropriated old photographs, maps, and scientific illustrations that delve deep into questions concerning our origins, identity, and the contradictions between good and evil This piece titled Beguiled forms part of the Descendants of Eden series. It depicts a photograph of a turn-of-the-century Filipina garbed in the traditional Maria Clara. A scientific illustration of the human brain envelops the topmost part of her head. Renderings of leaves and branches of what seem to be representations of the biblical 'Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil' are superimposed on the woman's image. For Leaño, the tree acts as a symbolic device alluding to the human brain and the power of free will, and the moral responsibility that comes with it. The artist argues: "The only thing in this world that can discern good and evil is the brain." Leaño also injects the sacred into the work. As descendants of the biblical first man and woman, we are bound to be perpetually confined to an inherent struggle between good and evil. We are intrigued by the woman's solemn gaze as if she were pondering this relentless conflict. Through this piece, Leaño invites us to reflect on this contradiction that defines our very existence; that the struggle to do good and avoid evil is perpetually arduous yet necessary for all of us to become truly human. Art critic Carlomar Arcangel Daoana said: "For Leaño, as descendants of Eden, we are inherently migratory, spreading across the four corners of the world, carrying our cargo of inheritance. This cargo is something we bear on the cellular level: the notion of good and evil, the impulse to create as well as destroy." (A.M.)
Leon Gallery
Mar. 05, 2022
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) - Genetic Eve
Est: ₱100,000 - ₱130,000
Genetic Eve signed and dated 2016 (lower right) acrylic and pigment ink on canvas 60" x 36" (152 cm x 91 cm) Accompanied by a certificate issued by Pinto Art Museum and signed by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot EXHIBITED Pinto Art Museum, East of Eden, Antipolo City, November 20 - December 4, 2016 Antonio Leaño's extensive theological and scientific knowledge resulted in recent works addressing the fascinating questions concerning our identity. Leaño fuses the sacred and the profane into his art, producing a series of intriguing pieces that serve as reinterpretations of our genesis. Genetic Eve depicts an appropriated photograph of a turn-of-the-century Filipina dressed in the traditional baro't saya. A genetic illustration of the mitochondrial DNA encircles her head. For Leaño, dissecting our origins involves understanding the DNA, the cell's genetic material. The human genome, composed of approximately three billion base pairs of DNA, is principally the same for every person. All humans are 99.9 percent identical in their genetic makeup. Hence, Leaño presents the woman's image as representative of our species. The artist said: "Since we are all genetically connected to the source, there's no difference if I represent a contemporary picture. Our DNA connects us. We are one and the same." The superimposed images of prehistoric creatures evoke the overwhelming scientific evidence that all life forms descended from a common singlecelled ancestor. Leaño also integrates scriptural concepts to consolidate his expressive grasp of our past. Archaeological studies strongly point to an area extending from the Middle East to Africa as humanity's birthplace. Coincidentally, a location in the region may have inspired the biblical Garden of Eden. Leaño then uses the biblical first woman, Eve, as an archetype to encapsulate his artistic apprehension on human origin and oneness, hence her name in this work's title. This piece also delves deep into the contradictions in our existence, notably the struggle between virtue and iniquity. The image of the brain symbolizes the forbidden fruit from the biblical "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil." Leaño argued: "The only thing in this world that can discern good and evil is the brain." Since inherent contradictions between the two define our existence, this perpetual conflict profoundly and unquestionably binds us as humans and makes us humans.
Leon Gallery
Jan. 29, 2022
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963)
Est: ₱12,000 - ₱15,600
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) a) Noli b) Certified True Copy c) Mabini d) 50 Centavos, Documentary a) signed and dated 2009 (lower left) b) signed and dated 2009 (lower left) c) signed and dated 2009 (lower left) d) signed and dated 2009 (lower left) a) oil, pen, and collage on paper b) oil, pen, and collage on paper c) oil, pen, and collage on paper d) oil, pen, and collage on paper a) 12 1/2” x 8” (32 cm x 22 cm) b) 12 1/2” x 8” (32 cm x 22 cm) c) 12 1/2” x 8” (32 cm x 22 cm) d) 12 1/2” x 8” (32 cm x 22 cm)
Leon Gallery
Jan. 29, 2022
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963)
Est: ₱5,000 - ₱6,500
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Nude signed and dated 1997 (lower right and verso) pastel on paper 28” x 22” (71 cm x 56 cm)
Leon Gallery
Sep. 11, 2021
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Descendants of Eden I
Est: ₱200,000 - ₱260,000
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Descendants of Eden I signed and dated 2017 (lower center) acrylic and pigment ink on canvas 60” x 36” (152 cm x 91 cm) P 200,000 exhibited Ayala Museum ArtistSpace, Descendants of Eden, Makati City, March 23 - April 5, 2017. The Descendants of Eden series, to which this piece belongs, exhibits Antonio Leaño’s creative venture into what he described as “digital collage.” He showcases appropriated photographs, maps, and scientific illustrations, as well as painterly strokes to create fervent portrayals of the various facets of our individuality. Leaño expounds on critical inquiries on the origin of mankind, plunging into the depths of the historical, biological, and artistic abyss to unravel the profoundness of disintegration and unity. Art critic Carlomar Arcangel Daoana stated, “For Leaño, as descendants of Eden, we are inherently migratory, spreading across the four corners of the world, carrying our cargo of inheritance. This cargo is something we bear on the cellular level: the notion of good and evil, the impulse to create as well as destroy.” Leaño was a university scholar, an alumni scholar, and a Jose Joya scholar during his college days at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. He received the first prize in the first Metrobank Foundation National Painting Competition in 1988. A 1994 recipient of the prestigious Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award, Leaño has had several solo and group exhibitions. At present, Leaño is the museum director, museum designer, curator, and contributing artist of the Pinto Art Museum in Antipolo, Rizal.
Leon Gallery
Jul. 16, 2021
Antonio “Tony” Leaño (b. 1963) - Ilustrados
Est: ₱20,000 - ₱26,000
Antonio “Tony” Leaño(b. 1963) Ilustrados signed and dated 1999 (upper right) oil on canvas 24 1/2” x 18” (62 cm x 46 cm)
Leon Gallery
Oct. 19, 2019
ANTONIO LEAÑO, Descendants of Eden
Est: ₱250,000 - ₱350,000
2017, acrylic and pigment ink on canvas, 60 x 72 in (152.4 x 183 cm) diptych
Finale Auctions
Sep. 08, 2018
Antonio Leaño (b.1963)
Est: ₱200,000 - ₱260,000
Antonio Leaño (b.1963) Si Simoun Part of the second generation of social realism in the 1990’s, Antonio Leaño contemplates on the motivations of the character Simoun, the aggrieved protagonist of El Filibusterismo authored by Jose Rizal titled after a page from a Filipino translation of the novel pasted on the canvas. Simoun is portrayed by Rizal as a vengeful man seeking retribution for the injustices brought upon him, and plans a massive explosion during the wedding reception whose guests are of the colonial elite through the flicker of an oil lamp. Simoun however fails in his planned explosion, and dies escaping from the authorities. In this work, Leaño depicts the famed triumvirate photograph of Rizal and his fellow propagandists Marcelo H. Del Pilar and Mariano Ponce and stenciled on wood. In the same manner that Simoun failed in planned uprising in the novel, Leaño inverses the image of the propagandists as a symbolism of the failure of their reformist agenda for equal rights of Filipinos under the patronage for Spain. But the artist uses the same analogy as a reflection of our contemporary history on the failures of previous governments under foreign powers represented by the Commonwealth tax stamp and a Mickey Mouse banknote from the Japanese occupation and subsequent republican administrations portrayed by a modern day stamp in replaying the frequent message of change and progress but that has since fallen short, on deaf ears. 2018 oil and acrylic on wood and canvas 48” x 48” (122 cm x 122 cm)
Leon Gallery
Jul. 27, 2018
Antonio Leaño Untitled signed and dated 1997 (lower right) pastel and gra
Est: ₱8,000 - ₱10,400
Antonio Leaño Untitled signed and dated 1997 (lower right) pastel and graphite on paper 29” x 22 1/2” (74 cm x 57 cm)
Leon Gallery
Oct. 21, 2017
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Untitled III
Est: ₱40,000 - ₱52,000
Antonio Leaño (b. 1963) Untitled III dated 2001 Mixed media on canvas 2001 72 x 48” (183 x 122 cm)
Leon Gallery
Oct. 22, 2016
Antonio Leaño (b.1963)
Est: ₱18,000 - ₱23,400
Antonio Leaño (b.1963) Panahon signed and dated 1999 (bottom) oil on canvas 24”x 18” (61 cm x 46 cm)
Leon Gallery
Sep. 10, 2016
Antonio Leaño (b.1963)
Est: ₱60,000 - ₱78,000
Antonio Leaño (b.1963) Untitled industrial media on canvas 36” x 24” (91 cm x 61 cm)
Leon Gallery
Sep. 12, 2015
Antonio Leaño (b.1963)
Est: ₱60,000 - ₱78,000
Antonio Leaño (b.1963) Untitled signed and dated 1998 (lower left) oil on canvas 30” x 24” (76 cm x 61 cm)
Leon Gallery
Sep. 13, 2014
Antonio Leaño (1963)
Est: ₱30,000 - ₱39,000
Antonio Leaño (1963) Untitled signed and dated 2003 (lower left) industrial media on canvas 48" x 24" (122 cm x 61 cm)
Leon Gallery