Four (4) Ceramic Folk Art Items, including figures. 1st item: Nan Dean (GA, 20th century) Folk Art pottery figure depicting an older African American woman seated wearing a pink dress and white apron with a bowl of produce in her lap and a small black dog by her feet. Signed and dated on the base […]
Lot 314: 2 Sultan Rogers Folk Art Carvings
Two (2) Sulton Rogers (Mississippi, 1922-2003) carved and painted wood figures, one depicting a male figure in a black suit with a pistol on his side and the other depicting a male figure with a grotesque face wearing a pink suit. Unsigned. 14" H and 11 3/4" H. 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville, TN collection. […]
Lot 309: Group of 6 Pottery Items, inc. Cling, Bigmeat
Six (6) Native American pottery items. 1st item: Alice Cling (Arizona, b. 1946) Navajo brown clay with iron bearing slip square mouth pottery jar with geometric patterns to each side and bulbous body. Signed "AC" underside of base. Includes price tag from the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff Navajo Craftsman Exhibition with artist's name, location […]
Lot 310: 4 Native American Pottery Books, inc. M. Martinez
Four (4) Native American Pottery books. 1st item: Multi Signed, The Living Tradition of Maria Martinez, 1st Edition, by Susan Peterson, 1977. Published by Kodansha International, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco. Quarto, 300 pages appendix, bibliography, index-glossary, lithographic, and chromolithographic illustrations, hardbound in brown cloth with black lettering to spine, grey end papers, Fenn galleries […]
Lot 311: 3 Vannoy Streeter wire sculptures
Three (3) Vannoy Streeter (Tennessee, 1919-1998) wire sculptures. 1st item: Man on horse. Unsigned. 12" H x 5" W x 11 1/2" D. 2nd item: Man with guitar. Unsigned. 8 1/4" H x 8" W x 3" D. 3rd item: Man on horse. unsigned. 5 1/4" H x 3" W x 6 5/8" D. CONDITION: […]
Lot 308: A. Crowe Pottery Figure
Amanda Crowe (Cherokee, Qualla Boundary, Swain County, North Carolina, 1928-2004), terra cotta pottery figure of a Native American woman and papoose. Signed “A. Crowe” on underside. 5″H. CONDITION: Overall good condition with light grime, minor firing separation on subject’s chest area.
Lot 305: 2 Santa Clara Pottery Jars: Garcia and Komalestewa
Two (2) Santa Clara Pottery Jars. 1st item: Virginia Garcia (b. 1963) Santa Clara Pueblo pottery jar with incised bear claw marks to the flaring neck and Garcia's distinctive plum colored glaze. Signed on the base "Virginia Garcia/SC/SJ". 9 1/2" H. 20th century. Note: Virginia is a sister of noted potters Tina and Greg Garcia. […]
Lot 306: Trujillo SW Pottery Jar
Acoma pottery jar by Adrian Trujillo (New Mexico, 20th century) decorated in bright orange and black polychrome geometric designs with four animal vignettes to the body. Signed on the Base "Adrian Trujillo/Acoma, NM". 12" H x 14" W.Provenance: The Estate of Larry Casey, Jackson, Tennessee. CONDITION: Minute scattered fleabites to glaze.
Lot 307: 2 Blackware Jars, inc. Tafoya
Two (2) Southwestern Native American blackware jars. 1st item: Blackware olla with band of stylized feather design encircling the shoulder, signed Juan Tafoya, San Ildefonso, Pueblo, 1994. 5 1/4" H. 2nd item: Miniature blackware jar or seed pot with carved arrow design. Signed Johanna and Anthony Santa Clara (Johanna Herrera and Anthony Baca, Santa Clara, […]
Lot 304: Hopi Polychrome Pottery Jar, JoFern Puffer
Native American polychrome pottery jar by JoFern Silas Puffer (Hopi/Tewa and Laguna Pueblos) with allover traditional geometic designs and areas of sponge paint. Signed on the base "JoFern Puffer Hopi" on the base. 9 1/2"H. Biography: Jofern Puffer is part of the Tewa/Laguna, Kachina Clan. She is the daughter of Roberta Silas, sister of Lauann […]