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First People Potsan online catalog of 500+ pieces of Native American artwork owned by a private collector, described by Cowboys & Indians Magazine as “a valuable resource for collectors, galleries, and scholars.”
2023-08 Large Rick Dillingham–Rachael Sahmie collaboration pot
This is an extraordinarily imperfect pot, with 12 pop outs, a hole in its base, uneven polishing and a couple of dark smudges from its outdoor firing. Nevertheless, this is a unique and...
2023-07 Pot with pointillism and contradiction of design
Pot 2023-07 was part of a three-piece box lot I bought at auction, which reduced the attention I paid to the details of each piece. When I unpacked the pieces and saw the design on this pot more clearly, the...
2023-06 “Form #1” abstract sclupture
This collection contains one of the earliest pots made by Les (1994-09), which seems quite traditional in both form and design. His work grows from his Tewa-Hopi and Zuni heritage, but as his career evolved...
2023-05 Damaged pot with abstract design
This seedpot is exuberance. Abstract forms in black, red, white and grey swirl over its surface forming a dramatic crazy quilt. There are elements of Hopi design here, but the influence of Miro predominates....
2023-04 Two-shard pot with man lizard
The shards are 0.3125” thick. This pot consists of two shards displaying the results of shapeshifting between a lizard and a man. There is something both unsettling and alluring about bodily transformations...
2023-03 Two-shard pot with fish man
The shards are 0.25” thick. This is a two-shard pot displaying an arresting image of shapeshifting between a fish and a man, the direction of metamorphosis being unclear. Pueblo mythology describes...
