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Vigil, Minnie – Red Polychrome Jar with Lightning and Rainbow Designs (1970s)
6"w x 4"h
$ 500.00
Minnie Vigil was renowned for her polychrome pottery. In the 1980s, she created a distinctive style of pottery using different clays to create colorful designs for her pottery. This jar has a sharp shoulder and a sloping side. The piece is fully polished red. It is painted with rainbow, clouds, and lightning designs. The designs are all blue and black on the polished red, which is visually striking! The jar was traditionally fired. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Minnie”. She was a sister to potters Gloria Garcia (Goldenrod), Lois Guiterrez, and Thelma Talachy and an aunt to Jason Garcia. Her mother was Petra Gutierrez and her grandmother was Pasqualita Gutierrez.
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Minnie Vigil was renowned for her polychrome pottery. In the 1980s, she created a distinctive style of pottery using different clays to create colorful designs for her pottery. This jar has a sharp shoulder anda sloping side. The piece is fully polished red. It is painted with rainbow, clouds, and prayer feather designs. Amazingly, there are SEVEN different colors of clay used to paint the designs. The jar was traditionally fired. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Minnie”. She was a sister to potters Gloria Garcia (Goldenrod), Lois Guiterrez, and Thelma Talachy and an aunt to Jason Garcia. Her mother was Petra Gutierrez and her grandmother was Pasqualita Gutierrez.
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Minnie Vigil was a daughter of Petra Gutierrez and a sister to noted potters Gloria Garcia (GoldenRod), Thelma Talachy, and Lois Gutierrez. Her son Tim "Sunbird" Vigil and daughters Annette Vigil Luhan and Bernadette "Bernie" Vigil, also made pottery in the 1980s. Minnie was known for her polychrome pottery and the use of numerous clay slips to create the colors. She signed her piece, "Minnie". She has won numerous awards at events such as Santa Fe Indian Market.
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Vigil, Minnie (1931-2024)
Minnie Vigil was a daughter of Petra Gutierrez and a sister to noted potters Gloria Garcia (GoldenRod), Thelma Talachy, and Lois Gutierrez. Her son Tim "Sunbird" Vigil and daughters Annette Vigil Luhan and Bernadette "Bernie" Vigil, also made pottery in the 1980s. Minnie was known for her polychrome pottery and the use of numerous clay slips to create the colors. She signed her piece, "Minnie". She has won numerous awards at events such as Santa Fe Indian Market.