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BibliographyAnderson, Duane, All That Glitters: The Emergence of Native American Micaceous Art Pottery in Northern New Mexico. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research, 1999, p. 100.
Artist
Anthony Durand
(1956 - 2009, Picuris)
Bean pot with lid
Dateca. 1995
MediumMicaceous clay
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (26.7 × 31.8 cm)
Object numberT0881a,b
Credit LineGift of The Estate of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker.
Label TextAnthony Durand was an artist at the Picuris pueblo whose work remains highly regarded. Anthony’s grandmother, Cora Durand, taught him the skills she learned from her grandmother, Juantia Martinez. When Durand returned to Picuris pueblo in 1976, he was intent on preventing the Picuris micaceous pottery tradition from dying out. Using an old and unsigned Picuris pot as an example, he reproduced the traditional golden color and high luster that became standard to his works. Pottery fragments from the ruins of the old Picuris pueblo also inspired some of his molded details. Durand continued and expanded this multi-generational artform, despite the difficulties of locating natural mica deposits.BibliographyAnderson, Duane, All That Glitters: The Emergence of Native American Micaceous Art Pottery in Northern New Mexico. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research, 1999, p. 100.
On View
On viewc. 1900-1920
