Mabel Alvarez
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Mabel Alvarez Painting 330
THE PATTERNED SHAWL     1921
Oil/Canvas      35X30     Signed and Dated Lower Left

Exhibited: Monterey (CA) Museum of Art (solo show), 7 Nov 1998 - 28 Feb 1999
Mabel Alvarez Painting CARMEN     1922
Oil/Canvas     30X25
Signed "M ALVAREZ" L/R.
This picture was reproduced in major Los Angeles newspapers several times during the 1920s.
Mabel Alvarez Painting 162
MRS. BASHFORD     July, 1929
Oil/Canvas     20X16     Signed & Dated Lower Left
Frame by Richard Tobey, Beverly Hills, CA
Mabel Alvarez Painting 144
MEXICAN FAMILY     c. 1935
Oil/Board mounted on Gator Board     15½X11½     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Allan Jeffries, Los Angeles

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting HAWAIIAN BOY (ABRAHAM KAMAHOAHOA)     Oct. 1939
Oil/Canvas Board    24X20
Signed Lower Right On reverse, in pencil, the artist has titled the picture and added the words: KANE KAUA. "Kane" translates to "man," and "kaua" means "warrior" or "outcast," depending on the inflection. (Abraham was deaf-mute.)
Mabel Alvarez Painting 195
JERRY IN COSTUME     1941
(JERRY daCOE AT AGE 15)
Oil/Canvas     30X26     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Jerry Soloman, Hollywood, CA
(Artist's Original Barbizon Frame, Refinished in 2000 by Richard Tobey is available.)

Exhibited: Haggin Museum (solo show), Stockton, CA, 1948
      Monterey (CA) Museum of Art (solo show), 7 Nov 1998 - 28 Feb 1999

Provenance: Haggin Museum, Stockton, Calif., Ca 1948 - 1984, when the artist bought it back.
Mabel Alvarez Painting 149
BOUQUET OF PEOPLE      Caribbean, 1950s
Oil/Canvas Board      24X14     Signed Upper-right
Mabel Alvarez Painting 176
THE BLUE HOUSE     Caribbean, 1954
Oil/Board     24X18
*Artist's note states that she photographed this scene at "Porto Bello, Caribbean" and painted from the photo. The photo is extant.

Exhibited: American Embassy, Managua, Nicaragua, 1998 - 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 7
FRUIT VENDOR (HAITI)      c. 1954
Oil/Canvas     24X18     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 177
THE FRUIT SELLER (CARIBBEAN)       1954
Oil/Canvas      16X20      Signed & Dated Lower Left
Frame by Richard Tobey, Beverly Hills, CA

Exhibited: American Embassy, Bjumbura, Burundi, 1990-93.
      Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 125
FAMILY, HAITI     1954
Oil/Board     16X12      Signed w/ Estate Stamp Lower Right
Frame by Frame Masters, Hollywood

Exhibited: American Embassy, Managua, Nicaragua, 1998 - 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 102
THE STREET OF THE KISS     1955
("El Callejon del Besso ," Guanajuato, Mexico, birthplace of Diego Rivera)
Oil/Masonite     24X14     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Richard Tobey, Beverly Hills, CA

Exhibited: Laguna Beach (CA) Museum of Art, 1984
      American Embassy, Belize, 1998 - 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 185
MAN WITH DEMENTED CAT     1959
(WILL W. ROBINSON, WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS)
Oil/Canvas     40X30     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Frame Masters, Hollywood

Exhibited: Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, (solo show),
           11 March - 11 April 1999
      Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, (solo show),
           1 May - 18 July 1999

Exhibited: Monterey (CA) Museum of Art (solo show), 7 Nov 1998 - 28 Feb 1999
Mabel Alvarez Painting 70
ABSTRACTION, FRUIT     c. 1960s
Oil/Masonite     18X38     Signature Estate-stamped Lower Right
Frame by Allan Jeffries, Los Angeles

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting
336
THE BLIMP      1960s
Oil/Masonite    36X48
Mabel Alvarez Painting 59
DREAM GATHERER     c. 1960
Oil/Canvas      20X16     Signature Estate-stamped Lower Right
Frame by Frame Masters, Hollywood

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 192
TAKING THE AIR     1961
Oil/Masonite      24X36     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Allan Jeffries, Los Angeles

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 130
VENDOR     1961
Oil/Masonite     36X24     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA
Mabel Alvarez Painting 168
BOYS WITH BOUQUETS #2 (HAITI)     1962
Oil/Canvas     28X20     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Richard Tobey, Beverly Hills, CA
Mabel Alvarez Painting 253
TIGHT ROPE DANCERS (CARIBBEAN)      July, 1963
Oil/Canvas     25X30     Signature Estate-stamped Lower Right
Frame by Newcomb-Macklin

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 157
FIGURES BY THE SEA     1963
Oil/Canvas      24X48     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Richard Tobey, Beverly Hills, CA

Exhibited: Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Sept-Oct, 1966
      Laguna Beach Museum of Art (Two-artist show), Aug-Oct, 1984
      Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, (solo show),
           11 March - 11 April 1999
      Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, (Solo Show),
           1 May - 18 July 1999
Mabel Alvarez Painting 76
FIGURE IN JAPANESE DRESS     c. 1964
Oil/Masonite     36X24     Signed Lower Center
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, California
Mabel Alvarez Painting 129
DOUBLE ABSTRACTION     1964
(Horizontal) ABSTRACTION, FRUIT STAND (MEXICO)
(Vertical) ABSTRACTION, MOTHER AND CHILD
Oil/Canvas     40X30      Signed Lower Left
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA

The artist said that this picture was designed as a dual construction.

Exhibited: Laguna Beach Museum of Art (Two-artist show), Aug-Oct, 1984
Mabel Alvarez Painting 318
THE MUSIC ROOM     c. 1965
Oil/Canvas      30X45     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA
Mabel Alvarez Painting 128
MORNING AT THE SHORE     1966
Oil/Canvas     30X42     Signed Lower Right
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA

Exhibited: Santa Monica Library, Oct., 1966
      Laguna Beach Museum of Art (Two-artist show), Aug-Oct, 1984
Mabel Alvarez Painting 175
EL GATO NEGRO MARKET     Taxco, Mexico, 1968
Oil/Canvas     30X40    Signed Lower Right
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA

Exhibited: Los Angeles Art Association, 1982
      American Embassy, Belize, 1998 - 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 23
FIGURE IN DESERT SUNSET
Oil/Board     12 X19     Signature Estate-stamped Lower Right
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 71
BOY WITH BALLOONS
Oil/Canvas     40X14     Signature Estate-stamped Lower Right
Frame by Frame Masters, Hollywood
Mabel Alvarez Painting 145
STILL LIFE WITH TOY
Oil/Board     16X20     Signed Lower Right & Estate-stamped Underneath
Frame by Frame Masters, Hollywood

Exhibited: Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, 19 Nov. 2000 - 4 Jan. 2001
Mabel Alvarez Painting 6
STILL LIFE WITH TWO PITCHERS
Oil/Board     18X24     Signed Upside-down Upper Left
Frame by Frame Masters, Hollywood
Mabel Alvarez Painting 69
A FIELD OF FLOWERS
Oil/Masonite     24X60     Signature Estate-stamped Lower Right
Frame by Jon Neiford, San Marino, CA

Exhibited: Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, (solo show),
      11 March - 11 April 1999
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, (solo show),
      1 May - 18 July 1999