Lewis, Lucy – Seedpot with Mimbres Deer and Antelope (1970s)
$ 975.00
Lucy M. Lewis is among the best-known Acoma potters for her pottery revival beginning in the 1950s. This seedpot is a larger size and the top has a star pattern. On the sides are four large Mimbres animals. There are two deer and two antelopes. The deer have the same fine-line designs in their bodies, while each antelope is different. The piece is coil-built and painted with bee-weed and red clays. The seedpot is signed on the bottom “Lucy M. Lewis”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. Certainly one of the classic pieces by this important matriarchal potter!
“There was a time a long time ago when Acoma pottery had almost died out. Lucy revived it, she kept it going. We saw photos of the Mimbres pottery for the first time in the late fifties. Lucy had been doing fine-line designs much earlier, from the sherds. She had developed several different ways of doing those lines. Some of her designs were similar to the Mimbres ones, and when she saw those she went on developing more of her own.” Dolores Lewis, Spoken Through Clay
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Lucy M. Lewis is among the best-known Acoma potters for her pottery revival beginning in the 1950s. This seedpot is a larger size and the top has a star pattern. On the sides are four large Mimbres animals. There are two deer and two antelope. The deer have the same fine-line designs in their bodies, while each antelope is different. The piece is coil-built and painted with bee-weed and red clays. The seedpot is signed on the bottom “Lucy M. Lewis”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. Certainly one of the classic pieces by this important matriarchal potter!
“There was a time a long time ago when Acoma pottery had almost died out. Lucy revived it, she kept it going. We saw photos of the Mimbres pottery for the first time in the late fifties. Lucy had been doing fine-line designs much earlier, from the sherds. She had developed several different ways of doing those lines. Some of her designs were similar to the Mimbres ones, and when she saw those she went on developing more of her own.” Dolores Lewis, Spoken Through Clay
