Acoma Polychrome OLLA by Lolita Torivio Concho
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- Category: Modern
- Origin: Acoma Pueblo, Haak’u
- Medium: clay, pigments
- Size: 8-⅝” height x 10-⅜” diameter
- Item # C4701E
- Price: $1950
This polychrome OLLA was created by Lolita Torivio Concho of Acoma Pueblo. With this piece, Concho offered traditional designs and a traditional vessel shape, executed beautifully in a modern style. Concho's designs are strong and tight; each element is appealing when studied closely or viewed from afar as part of the larger whole.
Concho elevated the strength of the OLLA, or water jar, with a unique color palette. The typical orange, red, and black tones appear, though in unusually bold variations. The rainbows over the parrots feature brown, tan, and soft pink tones, creating an attractive combination of warm colors and earth tones. The vessel itself is perfectly balanced, with a traditional Acoma OLLA shape. This is an excellent example of Lolita Concho's pottery.
The bottom of the jar is signed L. Concho.
Lolita Concho (1914-2000) was born circa 1910 at Acoma Pueblo. She spent her life at the pueblo making pottery for collectors and museums. She was an outstanding potter and one of the few who could make large jars. Adobe Gallery commissioned her to make large jars like the ones depicted in R. C. Gorman's lithographs "Water Carrier" and "Acoma" in the early 1980s. The results were breathtaking. She was a prize-winning potter who found time to teach the techniques of pottery making to her daughter-in-law, Dorothy Torivio. Concho passed away in 2000.
Condition: very good condition, some spalling, no cracks or chips
Provenance: this Acoma Polychrome OLLA by Lolita Torivio Concho is from a private Florida collection
Recommended Reading: Acoma & Laguna Pottery by Rick Dillingham
TAGS: Acoma Pueblo, Southwest Indian Pottery, Contemporary Pottery, Dorothy Torivio, Lolita Torivio Concho
- Category: Modern
- Origin: Acoma Pueblo, Haak’u
- Medium: clay, pigments
- Size: 8-⅝” height x 10-⅜” diameter
- Item # C4701E
- Price: $1950
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