The Dr. Samuel R. Poliakoff Collection of Western Art

at the Abbeville County Library System, Abbeville, SC

Blue Corn
Blue Corn
Blue Corn
Geraldine Gutierrez
Maria Martinez and Popovi Da
Maria and Julian Martinez
Maria Martinez and Popovi Da
Black on Black Jar (#14)
Maria Martinez (1887–1980) and Popovi Da (1922–1971)— San Ildefonso Pueblo

Martinez began potting with her son Popovi Da in the mid-1950s and continued working with him until his untimely death. He was a brilliant ceramicist creating new designs and was the first to etch designs, and add turquoise stones and heshi or shell beads to a pot’s surface.


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