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ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.216.
Anderson, Duane. All that Glitters: The Emergence of Native American Micaceous Pottery in Northern New Mexico. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1999, p. 67 (not ill.).
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 235.
Artist
Anthony Durand
(1956 - 2009, Picuris)
Pot
Datec. 1994
MediumMicaceous clay
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (29.2 × 27.3 cm)
Object numberT0435
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextWhen Durand returned to Picuris pueblo in 1976, he became intent on preventing the Picuris micaceous tradition of pottery from dying out. With inspiration from his grandmother and using an old and unsigned Picuris pot as an example, he was able to reproduce the traditional golden color and high luster that has since become standard to his works. The Picuris area contains a micaceous material that produces a high luster when used as slip. Pottery fragments from the ruins of the old Picuris pueblo have also inspired some of his molded detail.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.216.
Anderson, Duane. All that Glitters: The Emergence of Native American Micaceous Pottery in Northern New Mexico. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1999, p. 67 (not ill.).
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 235.
On View
On viewc. 1900-1920
