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A Richard Martinez (Opa Mu Nu) painting

24 April 2025, 11:00 PDT
Los Angeles

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Richard Martinez (Opa Mu Nu)

San Ildefonso Pueblo, (1904-1987), Untitled (figure with bow), pencil and gouache on paper, signed lower center, inscribed verso: 5054, unframed.
paper: height 12 1/2in, width 19 7/8in

Footnotes

See Brody, J.J., Indian Painters & White Patrons, 1971, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, pp. 98-99, for a brief discussion of the transition from the earlier San Ildefonso representational style and the shift towards more abstract rendering that began in the early 1920s. Discussing another illustrated work by the artist, the author comments on the "strong lines and bold arbitrary flat color fields" employed by Martinez; "although the subject matter is explicit and descriptive, the realistic elements are overwhelmed by the decorative ones."

Provenance
Property from the Dodge Family Collection, Santa Fe, NM

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