martinez-blackware-vase
Lot 990
Martinez Blackware Vase
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
1925-1943, shoulder vase, matte with burnished glossy feather band, signed on the bottom "Marie & Julian."

4.5 in. x 5 in.

Purchased from Case Trading Post, Aug. 2, 1994. The 50 year collection of the late Drs. Arnold & Helene Gerall of New Orleans, LA & Chapel Hill, NC

Marie began turning pots at San Ildefonso Pueblo circa 1920 and Julian painted them. It was not until 1925 until his death in 1943, that Julian's name was signed with Marie's.

Scattered surface abrasions.

$800 - 1,200