Description:

United States, New Mexico, Acoma Pueblo, ca. 1950 to 1960. Vintage Lucy M. Lewis Acoma Pottery Polychrome Jar. Signed on bottom "Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma N.M.". Lucy Lewis is a potter that most collectors recognize because she was at the forefront of potters following World War II when pueblo pottery began to be collected in earnest. One of her best-known designs was this complicated fine line style, also featured in this sale, where the lines crossed in every direction. One must remember that these were painted using a brush fashioned from the leaf of a yucca plant. That certainly added to the complexity and is the reason not too many Acoma potters ever achieved the level to paint such a design. This desirable example features 4 deer in profile in shades of deep brown and light orange on off-white background, each showing a heart-line in the form of an arrow from mouth to central chest. Size: 6.25" W x 4.125" H (15.9 cm x 10.5 cm)

Provenance: private British Columbia, Canada collection

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