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LOT 28:
Maria Martinez, Adam Martinez, and Santana Martinez Blackware Pots
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Sold for: $800
Start price:
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250
Estimated price :
$500 - $1,000
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sales tax: 6%
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Maria Martinez, Adam Martinez, and Santana Martinez Blackware Pots
No bigger names are associated with the pueblo pottery tradition than that of Maria Martinez and her family, all of San Ildefonso Pueblo. The first bowl is signed "Marie" on the underside for Maria Martinez. (1887-1980). Regarded as a national treasure in her lifetime, Maria is claimed to have rediscovered the blackware pottery tradition at San Ildefonso. Working with her husband at archaeological digs, Maria was shown examples of blackware made by the Ancestral Puebloan People. She rekindled the older process and in course revolutionized pueblo pottery. The second piece of pottery is a plate with knife edge decoration by her son Adam (1903-2000) and his wife Santana (1909-2002). Adam studied pottery with his mother and in Maria's later years helped her to make pottery. Measurements: Maria Martinez bowl: 6-1/4" diameter, approx. 3" tall Santana plate: 5-3/4" diameter Condition: Overall good.
