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Aptly illustrating Richard Zane Smith’s distinctive corrugated coil forms is The Glory of God, a 1998 vessel that achieved $7,000 plus the buyer’s premium in May 2022. Image courtesy of Hindman and LiveAuctioneers.

Richard Zane Smith ceramics unite past and present

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Aptly illustrating Richard Zane Smith’s distinctive corrugated coil forms is The Glory of God, a 1998 vessel that achieved $7,000 plus the buyer’s premium in May 2022. Image courtesy of Hindman and LiveAuctioneers.

Aptly illustrating Richard Zane Smith’s distinctive corrugated coil forms is The Glory of God, a 1998 vessel that achieved $7,000 plus the buyer’s premium in May 2022. Image courtesy of Hindman and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Contemporary Native American ceramicist Richard Zane Smith (American, b. 1955-) hails from the Wyandotte nation, based in Oklahoma, which has a strong cultural heritage and artistic tradition. Smith sets a high bar for any artist working in clay today and is celebrated for his technique and imagination.

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Nancy Youngblood Santa Clara Pueblo blackware vessel, $5,525

Native American designs were in demand at John Moran American West sale

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Nancy Youngblood Santa Clara Pueblo blackware vessel, $5,525

Nancy Youngblood Santa Clara Pueblo blackware vessel, $5,525

LOS ANGELES — It was the Wild West [Coast] at John Moran Auctioneers on May 24 for its Art of the American West sale. The showroom was filled with the largest, most stunning collection of Native American textiles, blankets, weavings and rugs.

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A monumental and ornate blackware vessel by Margaret Tafoya attained $16,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2018 at Cowan’s Auctions.

Santa Clara blackware: rooted in Native American tradition

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A monumental and ornate blackware vessel by Margaret Tafoya attained $16,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2018 at Cowan’s Auctions.

A monumental and ornate blackware vessel by Margaret Tafoya attained $16,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2018 at Cowan’s Auctions.

NEW YORK — Santa Clara blackware pottery is renowned for its sleek and nearly metallic black finish that is typically carved with Native American imagery or geometric elements. Pueblo potters in this region of New Mexico, particularly the Tafoya family, are well known for their handcrafted vessels, which traditionally have been made by girls and women. A few men potters, however, have seen their work perform well at auction, and have become more well known in recent decades, including Joseph Lonewolf, Nathan Martinez, Greg Garcia, and Jerry Sisneros.

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