Pojoaque Pueblo Matte-finish Polychrome Pottery Seed Jar by Mary Talachy Gutierrez [SOLD]

Beautifully painted butterflies grace the sides of this small Pojoaque Pueblo pottery seed jar by Mary Talachy Gutierrez. Mary Gutierrez used a variety of clay pigments to render two sets of symmetrical designs. One set is of butterflies and the other is of geometric step patterns within a circle.

Mary Gutierrez (1941-2018) was a member of the Talachy family of Pojoaque Pueblo.  One would assume that she was related to Minnie Vigil and Lois Gutierrez because their style of pottery is similar in shape, design, and finish, but there is no published connection between them.  There is a Mary T. Gutierrez of Pojoaque listed in Schaaf, but there are no family connections associated with her.

Condition: this Pojoaque Pueblo Matte-finish Polychrome Pottery Seed Jar by Mary Talachy Gutierrez is in very good condition

Provenance: from the collection of a client who is downsizing to a smaller home and has found it necessary to reduce her Southwest Indian Pottery collection

Recommended Reading: Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies, C. 1800-Present by Gregory Schaaf

Relative Links: Southwest Indian Pottery, Mary Talachy Gutierrez, Pojoaque Pueblo, Contemporary Pottery