Margaret and Luther Vintage Wedding Vase Santa Clara pot
Margaret Gutierrez (born 1936) and Luther Gutierrez (1911Š1987) were brother and sister Native American potters from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, United States. They continued the polychrome style of painting made famous by their parents Lela and Van Gutierrez. They learned the art from their parents and began making pottery together in the 1960s.
Margaret and LutherÕs painted slips included unique color combinations. Their first creations included polychrome bowls, jars and wedding vases with designs centered on the Avanyu (water serpent), rain, clouds and lightning and sky bands. In the 1970s they came up with their original idea of making polychrome caricatures of animals and other smaller figurines rather than the jars made famous by their parents. These were painted with the same slips and pigments used on earlier pieces.
Margaret and Luther participated in the Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery exhibition at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico in 1974, and the Popovi Da Studio of Indian Arts, gallery show in Santa Fe in 1976.
After Luther died Margaret continued to make pottery with the assistance of LutherÕs daughter Pauline but Pauline died shortly thereafter. Margaret now works with her great-niece Stephanie Naranjo. Today, they manufacture famous multicolored polychrome. LutherÕs son Paul and his wife Dorothy make blackware mudhead figures and animalitos (small animals) in large quantities.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_and_Luther_Gutierrez
The wedding vase shown is a vintage piece, a remarkable specimen of the artistry of the brother-sister team. There is a spot on the lip (see Pic #7) where the slip has rubbed off as possibly one can expect from an older piece. Otherwise the pot is in mint condition.
Item No.: A1838
Artist: Vickie Martinez
Size: 10 3/4 in H x 8 1/4 Wide x 5 3/4 Deep
Price: 1250
