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Lot 326

A Hopi polychrome bowl

6 – 7 June 2016, 11:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A Hopi polychrome bowl

Attributed to Nampeyo, the upper section of the exterior corrugated, the interior painted in an unusual depiction of a spider-like motif.
height 3 1/2in, diameter 8in

Footnotes

Provenance
The collection of William Haskell Simpson; Martha Struever, Santa Fe, NM, sold as "Pottery bowl by Nampeyo."
As advertising manager for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad during the late 1800's until his retirement in 1933, Simpson was responsible for assembling the Railroad's notable art collection including works by many artists from the Taos and Santa Fe schools who helped to create a Western American art genre. Early on, the railroad offered free transportation to the likes of Thomas Moran, William R. Leigh, Fernand Lungren and others in exchange for works of art depicting the mountain and desert vistas little-known outside those regions. The famous Santa Fe Railroad calendars starting in 1907 depicting Indian people and Western tableaux were but one result of this arrangement. During his trips to the Southwest in the 1890's Simpson was known to have visited the Hopi mesas and purchased pottery, including this bowl, directly from Nampeyo.

Illustrated
Struever, Martha H., 2001, p. 103

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