Santa Clara Pueblo 17 Piece Red Tone Nacimiento by Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez [SOLD]

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Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo Potters

This is the largest nacimiento, in number of pieces, by Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez of Santa Clara Pueblo that Adobe Gallery has ever had.  There are seventeen individual pieces.  

Mary and Joseph are kneeling with their hands up in prayer.  The Baby Jesus is snuggled in a cradle board. Standing behind is an angel with hands up in prayer.  There are three kings with gifts of corn, wedding vessel and jar. They kings are each wrapped in blankets.  

The animals include a horse, standing ram, kneeling ram, cow, camel, sheep, two lambs, cat, and a dog.  The set is signed with both artist’s names and the year 1984.

Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez are a husband and wife team living at Santa Clara Pueblo. Paul is the grandson of Lela and Van Gutierrez and the son of Luther Gutierrez, (of Margaret & Luther fame), all of Santa Clara Pueblo. Dorothy is Diné, and has been an active potter since the 1970s. She and Paul specialize in figurative pottery.

Paul and Dorothy make most of their pottery figurines in the black-on-black style, but have made red-on-buff style on occasion.  This 17-piece red-on-buff nacimiento was made in 1984. The red slip is stone polished and the tan clay is left in a matte finish. 

Artists' Signatures - Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo PottersPaul and Dorothy were included in the book Nacimientos in 1979 when the first edition was published.  One of their red-on-buff nacimientos was included in full color. 


Condition: this Santa Clara Pueblo 17 Piece Red Tone Nacimiento by Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez is in very good condition

Provenance: from a family in Texas who purchased it in 1984

Reference: Nacimientos: Nativity Scenes by Southwest Indian Artisans by Guy and Doris Monthan

Relative Links: Santa Clara PuebloLela and Van GutierrezLuther Gutierrezfigurative potteryPaul and Dorothy Gutierrez


Paul and Dorothy Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo Potters
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