Live Auction 1869California, Western and American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Arthur Frank Mathews (1860-1945)
Lot 57 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RICHARD WARD FOSTER

Arthur Frank Mathews (1860-1945)

Portrait of Xavier Martinez

Closed24 October 2007

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Arthur Frank Mathews (1860-1945)
Portrait of Xavier Martinez
signed 'A.F. Mathews.' (upper right)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
9½ x 8½ in. (24.1 x 21.6 cm.)

Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, California.
Christie's, New York, 30 November 1990, lot 71.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

Xavier Martinez (1869-1943) moved to San Francisco from his native Mexico in 1893 and enrolled in the School of Design, where he studied with Arthur Mathews. Along with fellow artists William Keith and Charles Rollo Peters, Martinez went on to help found the Del Monte Art Gallery in Monterey, the first gallery devoted to California artists.