Rare Massive Zuni Tsayutitsa Olla-Drum - SOLD
Tsayutitsa (Mrs. Luark Moomchuti/Lahih (1871 - 1959)
1920s
Height 22" Diameter 23 1/2"
Provenance: Christies, New York December 1998, Lot 343, (illustrated)
Daniel and Janet Hidding
Per the collector's notes, the attribution to the artist comes via Dwight Lanmon. In Lanmon's and Francis H. Harlow's The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo, The Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2008, the authors discuss Tsayutitsa's work and recognizable style: "This recognition is primarily because of the research of Jonathan Batkin, who reported in 1987, 'In the 1920s about a dozen good potters worked at Zuni. Among these was a great master, Tsayutitsa, whose work is unmistakable... Her finest pieces are large and radically shaped, with swollen shoulders, and are decorated with marvelous designs that perfectly accentuate the extreme forms.'"
See also ibid., p. 341-345 for a discussion of the form and function of Zuni drum jars, as well as another well-documented pottery drum by the artist (fig. 24.17) of similar construction dating to 1928.
Tsayutitsa (Mrs. Luark Moomchuti/Lahih (1871 - 1959)
1920s
Height 22" Diameter 23 1/2"
Provenance: Christies, New York December 1998, Lot 343, (illustrated)
Daniel and Janet Hidding
Per the collector's notes, the attribution to the artist comes via Dwight Lanmon. In Lanmon's and Francis H. Harlow's The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo, The Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2008, the authors discuss Tsayutitsa's work and recognizable style: "This recognition is primarily because of the research of Jonathan Batkin, who reported in 1987, 'In the 1920s about a dozen good potters worked at Zuni. Among these was a great master, Tsayutitsa, whose work is unmistakable... Her finest pieces are large and radically shaped, with swollen shoulders, and are decorated with marvelous designs that perfectly accentuate the extreme forms.'"
See also ibid., p. 341-345 for a discussion of the form and function of Zuni drum jars, as well as another well-documented pottery drum by the artist (fig. 24.17) of similar construction dating to 1928.
Tsayutitsa (Mrs. Luark Moomchuti/Lahih (1871 - 1959)
1920s
Height 22" Diameter 23 1/2"
Provenance: Christies, New York December 1998, Lot 343, (illustrated)
Daniel and Janet Hidding
Per the collector's notes, the attribution to the artist comes via Dwight Lanmon. In Lanmon's and Francis H. Harlow's The Pottery of Zuni Pueblo, The Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2008, the authors discuss Tsayutitsa's work and recognizable style: "This recognition is primarily because of the research of Jonathan Batkin, who reported in 1987, 'In the 1920s about a dozen good potters worked at Zuni. Among these was a great master, Tsayutitsa, whose work is unmistakable... Her finest pieces are large and radically shaped, with swollen shoulders, and are decorated with marvelous designs that perfectly accentuate the extreme forms.'"
See also ibid., p. 341-345 for a discussion of the form and function of Zuni drum jars, as well as another well-documented pottery drum by the artist (fig. 24.17) of similar construction dating to 1928.