
Xavier Martinez(1869-1943)Untitled (Poplars and Figures) sheet 7 13/16 x 7 5/8in overall: 11 3/4 x 11 3/8in
Sold for US$750 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our California Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot


Aaron Bastian
Director

Kathy Wong
Director, US Business Development, Fine Art
Xavier Martinez (1869-1943)
stamped with the artist's device 'XM' (lower right)
monotype on paper
sheet 7 13/16 x 7 5/8in
overall: 11 3/4 x 11 3/8in
Printed circa 1915-1918
Footnotes
Provenance
The artist.
Gift to Mabel Whitmore (1893-1980), Oakland, California, from the above, circa 1915-1918.
Private collection, from the estate of the above.
Mabel Whitmore graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1915, and taught drawing at the school for two years thereafter. Xavier Martinez was a fellow instructor at CCAC during this time. As commonly practiced by artists, the present work was given to Whitmore in exchange and gratitude for creative work. Whitmore never found commercial success; instead, she devoted herself to art instruction in the Oakland public school system for thirty years.