Tafoya, Margaret – Jar with Carved Mesa and Cloud Designs (1960s)
$ 4,200.00
This is a round shoulder jar by Margaret Tafoya from the 1960s. The jar has a low shoulder and short neck. The neck and base are both fully polished. The top of the shoulder is carved with mesa and cloud designs. They are deeply carved into the clay and the background area is slipped with white clay. It is fully polished red and traditionally fired. The jar is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Margaret Tafoya”. It’s always great to see the expanse of Margaret’s creativity throughout her career.
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This is a storage jar-shaped vessel by Margaret Tafoya from the 1970s. The jar has a low shoulder and sloping side. There are three impressed bear paws as the design, while the entire surface is fully polished. This is a shape that Maraget did not often make in a smaller size and there is a lot of surface space, and it took a lot of time to polish. The result, however, is always striking, especially in red. The jar was traditionally fired a deep red coloration. The bear paws tell the Pueblo story of a bear leading the Pueblo people to water during a drought. The jar is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom, “Margaret Tafoya”. It’s always great to see the expanse of Margaret’s creativity throughout her career.
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Tafoya, Margaret (1904-2001)
Margaret Tafoya
Margaret Tafoya is a daughter of noted potter Sara Fina Tafoya and a sister of Christina Naranjo and Camilio Tafoya. She is the matriarch of a family of renowned potters, each of whom created their distinctive styles. Margaret Tafoya had twelve children, eight of whom became potters. They include Virginia Ebelacker, Lee Tafoya, Toni Roller, LuAnn Tafoya, Mela Youngblood, Jennie Trammel, Mary Ester Archuleta, and Shirley Tafoya. Her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren carry on the pottery-making tradition today. Margaret Tafoya was a guardian of traditional pottery-making methods and techniques. She created large vessels with stone polished surfaces. Her carving was done before the piece was polished. She produced her work from the 1920s through the 1980s. Margaret Tafoya won numerous awards throughout her career, including Best of Show at Santa Fe Indian Market in 1979 and 1980. She was also awarded the Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1984.The book, "Born of Fire," follows her life and art over many decades. It is also the only book to identify her pottery by the decade produced using the variations in her signature. This book is the first complete biography of Margaret Tafoya's life. It is divided into decades, giving the reader a deeper understanding of her life and pottery over nearly 100 years. There are new biographies on Virginia Ebelacker, Richard Ebelacker, Lee Tafoya, Linda Tafoya, Jennie Trammel, Mela Youngblood, Nathan Youngblood, Nancy Youngblood, Toni Roller, Jeff Roller, LuAnn Tafoya, Daryl Whitegeese, Mary Ester Archuleta, and Shirley Tafoya. The photography of the pottery in this book is exceptional. Throughout the book, personal narratives by family members and family photographs create a wonderful sense of her humanity and artistic accomplishments.
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