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Suazo, Anita – Black and Sienna Jar with Bears and Bear Paws
3.5"w x 4"h
$ 400.00
This is a carved jar by Anita Suazo. She is a daughter of noted potter Belen Tapia. This is one of her traditional vessels with deeply clouds around the neck. On either side are heartline bears and they are separated by carved bear paws. The jar is fully polish,ed and it was fired a glassy black. Each bear is two-toned sienna after the firing. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Anita Suazo”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Brand:Suazo, Anita (b. 1937)
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This is a tall carved jar by Anita Suazo. She is a daughter of noted potter Belen Tapia. This is one of her traditional vessels with deeply carved melon ribs. The jar has a round body and an elongated neck. The is a carved heartline bear on each side. Separating them are carved waterfall designs. The jar is fully polished and it was fired a glassy black. Each bear is two-toned sienna after the firing. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Anita Suazo”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.
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Suazo, Anita (b. 1937)
She is the daughter of Ernesto Tapia and noted potter Belen Tafoya Tapia (1914–1999). Anita’s mother Belen was one of the innovators of finely crafted polychrome redwares. She was a first cousin to Margaret Tafoya. Growing up in a family of traditional potters, Anita began learning Santa Clara pottery techniques as a child from her mother.
Since 1979, she has consistently won awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Eight Northern Pueblos Indian Arts and Crafts Shows. In 1985, she participated in the Sid Deusch Gallery show in New York with Margaret Tafoya and 42 other Santa Clara potters. In 1986 she received the Jack Hoover Memorial Award for excellence in Santa Clara pottery. She has taught workshops and given demonstrations on traditional Native American pottery techniques at the University of New Mexico and the University of California at Davis. Her pottery can be found in collections of the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Smithsonian Institution, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, and in collections around the world.