Multi-Generational Archive of Correspondence, Photographs, Manuscripts and Personal Papers of Xavier Martinez, Elsie Martinez, Harriet Dean, Micaela Du Casse, and Ralph Du Casse, with Particular Emphasis on the Artists’ Own Careers and the Artistic Scene in California and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as Ralph Du Casse’s Military Service in the Philippines in the Early 1940s.
Mexico, California, the Philippines, et al. 1880s-1940s. First Edition. Appx. 750-800 unique items, most multiple page correspondence, generally fine condition. Three linear feet. From the estate of Micaela Martinez Du Casse. The Mexican-American artist Xavier Martinez and his extended family and social circle, which included his estranged wife Elsie Martinez.....