Maiden with Infant Maxine Toya Jemez Pottery Storytelle Sculpture
This is another truly magnificent piece of pottery sculpture by Maxine R. Gachupin Toya (signed Maxine Toya with a Corn Clan hallmark) one of the outstanding potters from Jemez Pueblo. (For one of Maxine's maidens please see my other auctions.) The Maiden with the infant is possibly the one creation best known and the one that truly identifies this famous artist.
Maxine was born April 25, 1948 and has been active in creating some of the most stunning and appealing pottery sculptures in Jemez since 1971. She comes from a family of incredibly talented and prolific potters beginning with her grandmother, Persingula Gachupin, her mother, Marie G. Romero, and her sister, Laura Gachupin. Her repertoire includes matte polychrome and polished redware storytellers, Corn maidens, clay sculptures, figures, miniature Kivas, owls, textiles, prints, paintings and writing. This a truly remarkable artist whose work on clay has been distinguished time and again with an arm-length oe awards in some of the most prestigious pottery exhibitions such as the Santa Fe Indian Market, the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos, the New Mexico State Fair, and others.
The figurine offered for auction is 9 inches tall by 3 1/2 inches wide and it is highly polished to Maxine's usual perfection.
Item No.: A0754
Artist: Maxine Toya
Size: 9 in H x 3 1/2 in W
Price: 1,200
