Two Early Rio Grande Blankets
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look...
- posted April 1, 2020
Nothing gets me more excited than discovering early textiles of the Southwest. I’m not talking about late 19th or even mid 19th century blankets. I’m talking more like 17th (none are known to exist through documentation) and 18th as well as early 19th century...
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Social Distancing on Top of Deception Peak
- by Jamie Compton
- in Gallery News
- posted March 28, 2020
What a great way to get out and about! I was guided up to the top of Deception Peak (12,343′) just outside of Santa Fe, NM by my friend Daniel Vernay. We started out with crampons for the majority of the climb, then transferred...
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A Recent Acquisition – Cree Pipe Bag, Circa 1870 – 1880
- by Jamie Compton
- in New Gallery Item
- posted March 20, 2020
Item #: 657 Origin: Cree Date: Last Quarter 19th C., likely 1870 – 1880 Media: Glass beads on hide Dimensions: 19″ without fringe, 6″ wide, 29.5″ with fringe Description: This Cree pipe bag has two strongly different designs. The first includes two, elongated tracks,...
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COVOID-19; They Were the Worst of Times, They Were the Best of Times
- by Jamie Compton
- in Gallery News
- posted March 19, 2020
The above work is by Edvard Munch, titled Melancholy III, 1902, and is a wood block original on display at the MOMA which I visit last month in NYC. It was the piece I bonded with most on that visit, identifying with the contemplative...
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A New Trastero Means A Re-organization of the Gallery….
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look... Gallery News New Gallery Item
- posted March 12, 2020
For those of you that have been inside my gallery, you know how small it is. One new addition can throw everything off balance. Well, I got a grouping of New Mexican furniture, a trastero, a bench and two chairs. The trastero is the...
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Navajo Woman’s Chief’s Blanket
- by Jamie Compton
- in New Gallery Item
- posted February 12, 2020
JUST IN! This Navajo weaving is a Woman’s variant of the Chief’s third phase wearing blanket. I just acquired it late last week. The weaving measures 66″ by 51″. The wool is all hand spun and includes natural brown and carded grey for the...
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Video Presentation of a Navajo Saddle Blanket
- by Jamie Compton
- in New Gallery Item
- posted February 7, 2020
This Navajo Saddle blanket measures 52″ x 35.5″, natural cream white, synthetic dyed red and natural carded brown/grey handspun wool with some green and brown 4 ply germantown yarns. There is some fading to the colors, some dye run, a few small repairs and...
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THE Navajo Blanket
- by Jamie Compton
- in My Thoughts on Native Art
- posted January 5, 2020
I discovered an object so beautiful, so intriguing, that it changed my life. It’s an early Navajo blanket dating to the first half of the 19th century. I saw the blue first. It’s an Yves Klein sort of blue, so pure and saturated I...
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Happy New Year and thank you for your Support
- by Jamie Compton
- in Uncategorized
- posted December 31, 2019
Happy New Year to you all! Thank you for your support in this first year of my Gallery. Here’s a video of my end of year statement.
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Visit to see the Keam Pottery Collection at the Peabody Museum
- by Jamie Compton
- in A closer look...
- posted November 27, 2019
Harvard Peabody Museum In early November I was in Boston for the Skinner Auction and made a point to visit the Peabody Museum at Harvard in Cambridge. I was excited to visit the main floor exhibit of historic Native American Indian art – they...
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