John Stockton De Martelly

Mr. and Mrs. Louis de Martelly (the artist's parents)
Private collection

New York, Associated American Artists Galleries, 1938
Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 55 Works of Modern Art Owned in Houston, January-February 1947

Forbes Watson, American Painting Today, Washington, D.C., 1939, illustrated p. 116
Harry Salpeter, "About John S. de Martelly," Coronet, April 1940, illustrated in color p. 103
"Two Exhibits Accent Modern Art," The Houston Post, January 1947, illustrated

SURFACE: in generally good condition; a long, diagonal surface crack begins at upper edge, left of center, and extends to under left figure's elbow (hardly shows); another crack at upper center (in upper shelf of hutch) UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: repaints to repair surface cracks mentioned above; strengthening to head scarf of woman at right; on face and upper body of left figure (partially to fix crack as mentioned); aside from these, scattered dots/dashes throughout
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