Namingha, Les – Large Zuni Jar with Rainbirds and Rainclouds (2000)
$ 4,400.00
This is a spectacular Zuni-inspired jar by Les Namingha. He learned to make pottery from his aunt, Dextra Quotskuyva, and is known for his innovative forms and designs. Les is both Zuni and Hopi-Tewa. Over the years he has drawn from his Zuni heritage to create modernist works. This large jar is a classic Zuni shape with a wide shoulder and a short neck and an indented base. The jar is slipped with white clay and painted with clay slips. The designs around the neck have rain designs with a lot of small, hatchure fine-line areas. The body of the jar has large, open spaces with small rainbirds and rainclouds designs. There is something elegant and mesmerising about his use of design and shape! The red and black colorations are striking and subtle. The jar was traditionally fired to create some of the color variation on the surface of the piece. The imagery all comes from traditional Zuni pottery, yet with a re-interpretation through contemporary eyes. It’s all the little details and the precision of the painting that make this jar so special. Definitely interesting to see how he takes classic imagery and modernizes it in his style and grows with each piece. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Les Namingha”. It is in excellent condtion with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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This is a spectacular Zuni-inspired jar by Les Namingha. He learned to make pottery from his aunt, Dextra Quotskuyva, and is known for his innovative forms and designs. Les is both Zuni and Hopi-Tewa. Over the years he has drawn from his Zuni heritage to create modernist works. This large jar is a classic Zuni shape with a wide shoulder and a short neck and an indented base. The jar is slipped with white clay and painted with clay slips. The designs around the neck have rain designs with a lot of small, hatchure fine-line areas. The body of the jar has large, open spaces with small rainbirds and rainclouds designs. There is something elegant and mesmerising about his use of design and shape! The red and black colorations are striking and subtle. The jar was traditionally fired to create some of the color variation on the surface of the piece. The imagery all comes from traditional Zuni pottery, yet with a re-interpretation through contemporary eyes. It’s all the little details and the precision of the painting that make this jar so special. Definitely interesting to see how he takes classic imagery and modernizes it in his style and grows with each piece. The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Les Namingha”. It is in excellent condtion with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
