Blue Corn, "Crucita Calabaze (1920 - 1999) San Ildefonso Pueblo Pottery Jar, Avanyu water serpent, signed Blue Corn San Ildefonso Pueblo. Deeply carved design. 1lb. San Ildefonso is a small Tewa-speaking Pueblo located north of Santa Fe along the Rio Grande, a site they may have occupied since before 1300 A.D. By the late 1960s Blue Corn had established herself as a leader in polychrome styles. After her husband died in 1972, her son Joseph began helping her with her pots. During the 1960s and 70s, she conducted many workshops on pottery making in both the U.S. and Canada. Although Blue Corn also made redware and blackware, she is especially noted for her finely polished slips and exhaustive experimentations with clays and colors, producing cream polychrome on jars and plates. Blue Corn is known for the re-introduction of polychrome fine whiteware and has received critical acclaim from several publications including the Wall Street Journal. Her pottery can be found in the Smithsonian Institution and other leading museums throughout America and Europe as well as in private collections. She won more than 60 awards including the 8th Annual New Mexico Governors Award in 1981. This is New Mexico’s greatest recognition of artistic achievement. Approx.
Measurements: 5" diameter x 3" height.
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Very good condition, some scuffs, scratches and small chip near tail.