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ProvenanceRobert V. Gallegoes, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyHarlow, Francis H. “Two Hundred Years of Historic Pueblo Pottery: The Gallegos Collection.” Santa Fe: Morning Star Gallery, 1990, pl. 75.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.214.
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. 234.
Artist
Tonia Pena Vigil
Possibly
Martina Vigil
(1856 - 1916 and Florentino Montoya (1858 - 1918))
Jar
Date1905-1939
MediumClay, native pigment
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 13 1/2 in. (27.9 × 34.3 cm)
Object numberT0442
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextSan Ildefonso offered visitors a wide range of different pottery shapes and painting styles. This fine polychrome jar uses black, red and cream colors to create a visually satisfying design. The potter painted a delicate plant-life motif and curvilinear shapes to contrast with straight-edged geometric elements. ProvenanceRobert V. Gallegoes, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyHarlow, Francis H. “Two Hundred Years of Historic Pueblo Pottery: The Gallegos Collection.” Santa Fe: Morning Star Gallery, 1990, pl. 75.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.214.
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. 234.
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