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 weavings. I’m always on the prowl for anything that might fit […]
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Social Distancing on Top of Deception Peak
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 to our snowshoes once we got high enough and the snow […]
A Recent Acquisition – Cree Pipe Bag, Circa 1870 – 1880
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, perhaps extended crosses, done in a mustard brown bead, all on […]
COVOID-19; They Were the Worst of Times, They Were the Best of Times
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 nature of the man on the beach. Not in my lifetime […]
A New Trastero Means A Re-organization of the Gallery….
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 first to come into the gallery, and its size meant I […]
Navajo Woman’s Chief’s Blanket
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 banded backbround pattern. The colors, a whole array of them, are […]
Video Presentation of a Navajo Saddle Blanket
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 fraying of corner tassels and side selvage. The wear to this […]
THE Navajo Blanket
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 can’t easily turn away from it. The design, an arrangement of […]
Happy New Year and thank you for your Support
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.
Visit to see the Keam Pottery Collection at the Peabody Museum
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 have one of the most amazing collection of early material rarely […]