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Annie Cabigting's 'Afternoon with Rothko'

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Annie Cabigting painting fetches over P22 million in world-record sale

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Annie Cabigting&#x27;s painting &quot;Afternoon with Rothko&quot; sold for more than ₱22 million, setting a world record for the Filipino artist, Salcedo Auctions said Sunday.The oil-on-canvas work, which shows a woman and a young boy viewing a Mark Rothko piece, fetched ₱22,192,000 at Salcedo Auctions&#x27; The Well-Appointed Life sale on Saturday.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175904228989665bc93d8-5c8e-47d1-8d70-6d729bfbc1b3.jfif" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Annie Cabigting&#x27;s &#x27;Afternoon with Rothko.&#x27; Handout photosIn a Facebook post, Salcedo Auctions, the country&#x27;s leading art auction house, noted that the sale marks &quot;a world record for the artist and a benchmark for contemporary Filipino women artists.&quot;</div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsalcedoauctions%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02cvAZi5PNf7KaagpkyBBKLdT5Kev7Pm4d3cDFi2kWvg63rJMg8Wqo7HWPrWL8hqjUl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="678" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Other highlight sales in The Well-Appointed Life include:• Fernando Amorsolo, Rice Harvest – Cooking the Noonday Meal (1939) — P9,344,000• BenCab, Sabel (2000) — P8,760,000; Mother and Child — P2,336,000• Mauro Malang Santos, Vendors (2007) — P8,760,000; Mother and Child — P2,336,000; Sleeping Woman (1998) — P1,109,600• Anita Magsaysay-Ho, early 1940s Impressionist work — P5,606,400 (a 1,700% increase above its low estimate)• Lao Lianben, Inner Voice (1984) — P5,256,000• Pacita Abad, Pandu Dewanata III — P5,256,000• H.R. Ocampo, Revelation-P, 1978 - P4,088,000• Fernando Zóbel, Acento Grave (1964) — P4,088,000• José Joya, Black Magic (1983) — P2,803,200<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175904233973590f17086-70e9-4815-a639-71109db61290.jfif" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>A 19th-century ivory San Miguel Archangel piece that was among the highlights of the Connoisseur Collection.</div>Meanwhile, the Connoisseur Collection, featuring furniture and décor, was led by a 19th-century ivory San Miguel Archangel and a serpentine-front Sheraton altar table, which both fetched ₱1,752,000.This year marks Salcedo Auctions&#x27; 15th anniversary, with the September edition of The Well-Appointed Life presenting more than 800 lots, the largest offering in the auction house&#x27;s history.

Annie Cabigting's painting 'Afternoon with Rothko' sold for more than ₱22 million, setting a world record for the Filipino artist, Salcedo Auctions said Sunday.

Annie Cabigting's painting 'Afternoon with Rothko' sold for more than ₱22 million, setting a world record for the Filipino artist, Salcedo Auctions said Sunday.