San Ildefonso Black and Sienna Pottery Box with Lid [SOLD]

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Russell Sanchez, San Ildefonso Pueblo Artist

alternate view of inside of this pottery box

Close up view - The lid is topped with a black bear with a sienna back onto which is placed a beautiful Kingman turquoise stone with a wonderful matrix, the finest turquoise available.  This rectangular black-on-black box is breathtaking.  The side walls are decorated in sgraffito style with Mimbres deer and the end walls with long, thin matte black sgraffito style rain with each one implanted with a small blue turquoise domed cab at its top.  The lid is topped with a black bear with a sienna back onto which is placed a beautiful Kingman turquoise stone with a wonderful matrix, the finest turquoise available.  Both box and lid are signed Russell.  The firing produced a true gunmetal finish. 

 

Russell Sanchez is unquestionably one of the most talented and creative of the current pueblo potters.  He was born July 29, 1966 at San Ildefonso Pueblo. He is the grandson of Oqwa Pi (Abel Sanchez), a famous early San Ildefonso painter. Russell's grandmother and Rose Gonzales were sisters.  Russell could be referred to as a "modernist" potter. His work shows influence from Tony Da and Popovi Da. He has incorporated different colors of clay into his work, often combining two or more colors in the same vessel. He inserts turquoise stones into some pieces, and inlays hieshe into others. He often adds a lid to a vessel. At times he adds micaceous slip to a piece of pottery. He is an innovator in the use of clay, slip, color, and vessel shape.

 

Russell Sanchez (1966- ) signatureCondition: new

 

Provenance: from the potter, Russell Sanchez.

 

Recommended Reading: Art of Clay: Timeless Pottery of the Southwest by Lee Cohen.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery

Close up view - The side walls are decorated in sgraffito style with Mimbres deer

Russell Sanchez, San Ildefonso Pueblo Artist
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