Taos Pueblo Matte Finish Pottery Mudhead with Jug [SOLD]

Alma is an award-winning pottery figurine artist. She learned from her mother, Carrie Reid Loretto, a respected pottery artist. In 1979, Alma participated in the landmark exhibition, "One Space: Three Visions," at the Albuquerque Museum. Three years later, in 1982, she was featured in National Geographic Magazine. In the 1980s, she was married and lived for a while at Taos Pueblo, where she made pottery using the local materials. Her style could be characterized as "minimalist," meaning that she has reduced the features of the human form down to minimal shapes.

This Mudhead Katsina is featured in the style of the popular Rain God figurines, that is, holding a jug to collect rain water.  The figurine is slipped in rust-colored clay with only the slightest design on the jug.  The figurine is signed Alma L. Concha on the underside, a signature used during her time at Taos Pueblo.  She now signs her pottery Alma.

Condition: original condition except for some stain on the underside where tape was removed.

Provenance:  from the Katherine H. Rust collection

Recommended Reading:  Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf