Initialed lower right: X.G.

Private collection, San Antonio; Heritage Auctions, Dallas, November 5, 2011, lot 76076; private collection, Austin.

Xavier González (American, 1898-1993) The Quarry, 1969 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Initialed lower right: X.G. Inscribed verso: No. 25 The Quarry / 1969 / X.G. PROVENANCE: Private collection, San Antonio; Heritage Auctions, Dallas, November 5, 2011, lot 76076; Private collection, Austin. Xavier Gonzalez' work evolved and changed with the times. In the 1920s, he was painting in the impressionist tradition. With the 1930s, Gonzalez became one of Texas' most accomplished regionalist painters and muralists completing four WPA post office murals and winning the international competition for the mural at the Los Angeles Museum of Art. In the 1940s, Gonzalez' mural at the Los Angeles Museum of Art became identified with the American Modernist Movement. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

Unlined canvas. Accretions visible on the white painted areas along the bottom and middle edges. Scattered minor craquelure. Framed Dimensions 35 X 45 Inches