Plate with Feather Motif
Maria Martinez
1943–1956
- Medium
- Earthenware and slip
- Dimensions
- 5.1 × 38.1 cm (2 × 15 in.)
- Genre
- earthenware
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
firing (heating)blackwareamericasglazevesselsearthenwarevesselpueblomatte glazeceramicsnative americaninorganic materialsouthwestnative north americanArts of the Americascoating (material)ceramicart of the americassan ildefonsoceramic glaze
About
San Ildefonso pottery Maria Martinez accommodated the tastes of the wealthy collectors and tourists in new productions based on traditional methods and forms, but also contemporary in appearance. Her distinctive black pots, which resulted from experiments with firigin and glazes, attracted many collectors, and soon she and her husband, Julian, produced the famous black-on-black ware almost exclusively.— Revised from J. Barter, Window on the West (2003), pg. 129
