Lot 312A
Laura Bugarini Cota (Mexican, b. 1979). Mata Ortiz fineline pottery jar. Signed on underside of base. A stunning pottery jar of the Mata Ortiz tradition made by Mexican artist Laura Bugarini Cota, meticulously hand-painted in dozens of tightly-packed horizontal rows of abstract deigns in hues of red and black atop beige-colored slip. Laura Bugarini Cota was born in Juan Mata Ortiz in 1979. She learned pottery from her mother, Guadalupe Cota, and started working with clay at the age of fourteen. Cota credits Juan Quezada as her inspiration, because she got interested in making pottery while working as a housekeeper in his home. Her first works were antique Paquime designs, which she sold to American tourists. Later, she would develop a unique style of decorating her pottery which has been called the Bugarini technique after her, and usually covers the pot in rings or geometric shapes, as seen in this example. Size: 7.75" Diameter x 5.5" H (19.7 cm x 14 cm)
Today Laura is one of the most sought-after artists in Mata Ortiz, and her work is considered to be some of the finest artwork in the village. She has exhibited her artwork at more than 50 international art shows and won an award for Outstanding Woman in the Arts for the State of Chihuahua in 2016, becoming the first Mata Ortiz woman to win this prize - the highest in the state across all art forms. The same year, Laura became the first woman from Mata Ortiz to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of Northeastern Chihuahua.
Provenance: private Thornton, Colorado, USA collection
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- Condition: Signed on underside of base. Intact and excellent with good preservation of painted decoration.
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