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Two Maria Martinez pottery boxes
Two Maria Martinez pottery boxes
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Maria Martinez
San Ildefonso Pueblo, (1887-1980), two blackware pottery lidded boxes, each with geometric decoration throughout, one rectangular, the other cylindrical, the rectangular box signed: Marie; the other unsigned, the cylindrical box with chips and repairs.
heights 4 3/8in - 5 1/2in
Footnotes:
The unsigned cylindrical box was authenticated by Maria Martinez when the collector showed her the piece when the artist was a special guest speaker at a ceramics class at the University of Southern California Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts in 1978. A drawing of Maria holding the pot, a short note describing Maria's discussion of the piece and ephemera and notes from the pottery class describing her technique accompany the lot.

Provenance
Property from a Private Idaho Collection
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Two Maria Martinez pottery boxes

Estimate $1,500 - $2,500
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Starting Price $1,300
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