Friday, October 27, 2023

GSIS Buys Juan Luna's The Parisian Life

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

OCTOBER 27, 2002

The Parisian Life or Interior d’Un Café, an oil on canvass painting by Juan Luna was bought by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Museum, a Philippine-government owned and controlled corporation from Christie's Hong Kong in the amount of $870,000. 

The Parisian Life, measuring 57 cm x 79 cm (22 in x 31 in) is one of Luna’s masterpieces that was painted in Paris, France in 1892. 

This painting won as a silver medalist at the World Fair’s Saint Louis Exposition in the United States in 1904.  

(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved

Photo credit:  en.wikipedia.org 

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