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Female Buffalo Dancer from the Summer Group by Tonita Roybal - C3469G
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Tue, Aug 9th 2016, 3:19pm
Unable to find any published information on a painter named Tonita Roybal, I consulted with Russell Sanchez of San Ildefonso because he is extremely well versed in everything regarding the pueblo and its people. Russell told me that Tonita Roybal is a daughter of Ramos and Cerelia Roybal and a granddaughter of the famous pottery couple Tonita and Juan Cruz Roybal. It was for her grandmother that the younger Tonita was named. He said that Tonita is around 60 years old and probably painted this painting while in school as she is not known for paintings. Perhaps she never painted any others after finishing school. If she is in her 60s now, she would have been in her 20s in 1970 when this painting was completed.