Bowl

Maria Martinez, Julian Martinez, Bowl, n.d., blackware, 6 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (17.2 x 24.2 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation, 1966.27.14

Artwork Details

Title
Bowl
Artists
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
6 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (17.2 x 24.2 cm) diam.
Credit Line
Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
Mediums
Mediums Description
blackware
Classifications
Object Number
1966.27.14
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1966.27.14

Artwork Description

Maria Martinez and her husband, Julian, were artists on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico. Inspired by ancient pots excavated near their pueblo between 1907 and 1909, the couple broke away from traditional polychrome wares and began creating decorative black-on-black pieces with stylized designs. The pattern on this bowl resonates with the Art Deco movement of the 1930s and ’40s. In this way, the Martinezes revitalized their ancestral pottery tradition from a modern vantage point.
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Works by this artist (2 items)

Gertrude Beals Bourne, New York City--East River, 1924, gouache and charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip W. Bourne, 1982.44.2
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Artist
Date1924
gouache and charcoal on paper
Not on view
Gertrude Beals Bourne, Haystacks--Autumn, ca. 1895, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip W. Bourne, 1982.44.1
Haystacks – Autumn
Artist
Dateca. 1895
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view

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