Pot Maker: Maria Martinez (P'ohwhóge Owingeh (San Ildefonso Pueblo), 1887–1980)

1920–1925

American Decorative Arts

Not on view

Medium

Earthenware

Dimensions

5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mautz, J.D. 1940, in memory of Mrs. Frederick Guthery

Accession Number

1986.67.1

Geography

Made in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

Culture

Native American, Tewa

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased in Taos, New Mexico, by Mrs. Frederick Guthery, about 1930 [see note 1]; by descent to her daughter Esther G. Mautz and her son-in-law Robert Barbeau Mautz (1915–1996), Gainesville, Florida; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1986

Note 1: Mrs. Frederick Guthery spent winters in California, away from her native state, Ohio; she probably stopped in New Mexico in her travels across the country where she acquired Pot, as well as Pair of Candlesticks (YUAG acc.no. 1986.67.2.1-2) (letter from Patricia Kane to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mautz, November 25, 1986, curatorial object file)
Bibliography

  • Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, and Joseph Zordan, Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2019), 151, no. 63, ill.
  • "Acquisitions 1985–1987," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 40, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 90.

Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

pots

Subject

Women makers

Marks

"Marie" incised on underside

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