id: 153029 accession number: 1986.1131 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.1131 updated: 2019-06-05 09:23:14.094000 Blackware Olla, 1917. María Martinez (American, c. 1887-1980). Ceramic; overall: 28.5 x 34 cm (11 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1986.1131 title: Blackware Olla title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1917 creation date earliest: 1917 creation date latest: 1917 current location: 231 Native North American creditline: Anonymous Gift copyright: --- culture: America, Southwest, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 20th century technique: ceramic department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Native North America type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * María Martinez (American, c. 1887-1980) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 28.5 x 34 cm (11 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection opening date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00 Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 7-May 30, 2010). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 2010: "Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection" March 7 - May 30, 2010 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This simple, elegant vessel is likely an early exploration of the blackware ceramic style that Martinez and her husband Julian developed into one of the most influential and sought-after in modern Native American art. The firing technique, not glaze, gives the vessel its dark surface; she reinvented the technique after finding fragments of dark pottery at archaeological sites near her home. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES