Dunlap, Carlos – 11″ Wide Brown Jar with Rain Designs and Kiva Step Rim (1980)
$ 1,800.00
Carlos Dunlap was a son of Carmelita Dunlap and a grandson of Juanita Montoya Vigil, the youngest sister of Maria Martinez. He was a brother to Jeannie Dunlap, Cynthia Dunlap, Linda Dunlap, and Martha Apple Leaf Fender. This jar has a wide shape with a sharp shoulder and sloping side. The top has a kiva step rim. The entire surface is fully polished and then painted. There are rain, cloud, and prayer feather designs. Typical of Carlos’s painted designs, there is a lot of open space. The jar was fired a deep, glossy brown coloration, for he and his mother, Carmelita, were famous. There are some fugitive areas of the painted design which is not uncommon because of the firing for this coloraiton. Overall, it is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Carlos Sunrise Dunlap”.
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Carlos Dunlap was a son of Carmelita Dunlap and a grandson of Juanita Montoya Vigil, the youngest sister of Maria Martinez. He was a brother to Jeannie Dunlap, Cynthia Dunlap, Linda Dunlap, and Martha Appleaf Fender. This jar is a wide shape with a sharp shoulder. It is painted with a feather, cloud, and rain design. The bowl was fired a glossy brown coloration, for which Carlos and his mother, Carmelita, were famous. There are some fugitive areas of the painted design which is not uncommon because of the firing for this coloraiton. Overall, it is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Carlos Sunrise Dunlap”.
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Dunlap, Carlos (1958 - 1981)
Carlos Dunlap was a son of Carmelita Dunlap. He was a brother to Jeannie Dunlap, Cynthia Dunlap, Linda Dunlap, and Martha Appleaf Fender. Carmelita was a daughter of Juanita Vigil, the youngest sister of Maria Martinez. Carlos learned to make pottery from his mother. He created very large vessels in colorations that ranged from black to polychrome and a distinctive brown. However, it was his painting which remains so spectacular as it was very open and varied in style.