Julian painted Maria’s pottery until his death in 1943.” Thomczek praised the piece despite its small amount of surface ware, saying that the piece would bring at least $500.

Maria Martinez and her husband Julian invented their black-on-black style in the early 1900s, inspired by pottery shards uncovered from an ancestral Pueblo site located nearby. The trick, Lekson said, ...

For a limited time, the CU Museum of Natural History Boulder will feature a special selection of blackware pottery created by internationally renowned ceramic artist Maria Martinez (1887-1980), known ...

ABOVE: MARIA MARTINEZ AND POPOVI DA, POLYCHROME PLATE [1969], D15. RIGHT: MARIA AND JULIAN MARTINEZ, BLACK-ON-BLACK PLATE [C. 1940], D12. PHOTOGRAPHY BY HERB LOTZ, COURTESY MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO PRESS.

Maria and Julian Martinez Blackware Pottery Jar, with Gunmetal Finish, ca. 1925–1943 4.25 x 6.5 x 6.5 in. (10.8 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm.) close Medium blackware pottery Size 4.25 x 6.5 x 6.5 in. (10.8 x 16.5 ...

Past Auction Maria and Julian Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo (NM) Blackware Pottery Vessel, ca. 1930–1939 8.89 x 12.7 x 12.7 in. (22.6 x 32.3 x 32.3 cm.) Artist: ...