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Photo Portraits of Xavier Martinez, c. 1910s-1920s.

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Photo Portraits of Xavier Martinez, c. 1910s-1920s.
Artist: Reginald Bassett. Title/Description: Xavier Martinez with cravat and headband (2 works). Signature: Signed on image lower right and lower left. Date Created: c. 1920s-1930s. Medium/Ground: Photograph laid onto paper. Size: Each 9 3/4in x 7 5/8in. Condition: Both with some rubbing/fading, one with surface scratches/creases. Note: "Reggie" or "Reg" Bassett (Reginald Hazeltine Bassett, 1878-1951) was a musician and, along with his wife Alyce Lourdes Hunt, a friend of Xavier Martinez and Herman Whitaker after the 1906 earthquake (Alyce became Whitaker's second wife). No indication was found for "Reggie" being a photographer. There may be no association, but noted here as a possibility. From the Family of Xavier Martinez (1869-1943), Elsie Whitaker Martinez (1890-1984), and Micaela Martinez DuCasse (1913-1989).