Vigil, Minnie – Large Six Color Jar with Rainbows and Rain Designs (1980’s)

Minnie Vigil was for her polychrome pottery.  In the 1980s, she created a distinctive style of pottery using different clays to create colorful designs for her pottery. This jar has a sharp shoulder and sloping sides.  It is fully polished and then painted. The jar has SIX different colors of clay used to make the piece, making it a true polychrome vessel.  The jar has rainbows, mesas, clouds, lightning, and rain designs.  The imagery is tightly painted.  Below the shoulder is a cloud design.  Note the symmetry of her painted designs and the precision of the lines.  Her work was an exciting variation when she first began this unique style of painting on her vessels.  The jar is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.  It is signed on the bottom, “Minnie”.  She was a sister to potters Gloria Garcia (Goldenrod), Lois Guiterrez, and Thelma Talachy and an aunt to Jason Garcia.

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Vigil, Minnie (1931-2024)

Minnie Vigil was a daughter of Petra Gutierrez and a sister to noted potters Gloria Garcia (GoldenRod), Thelma Talachy, and Lois Gutierrez. Her son Tim "Sunbird" Vigil and daughters Annette Vigil Luhan and Bernadette "Bernie" Vigil, also made pottery in the 1980s.  Minnie was known for her polychrome pottery and the use of numerous clay slips to create the colors.  She signed her piece, "Minnie".  She has won numerous awards at events such as Santa Fe Indian Market.