About this artwork
As a teenager, Juan Quezada found shards of Casas Grandes ceramics—like the other pots in this case—near his town Mata Ortiz, in the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico. He became inspired by the unusual rounded forms and black-and-red geometric compositions of this ancient style and taught himself to make similar vessels with modern aesthetics. His work gave rise to an entirely new ceramic tradition centered around Mata Ortiz. Today he is recognized as the father of Mata Ortiz ceramics, and many of his children and relatives now carry on his legacy.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Juan Quezada Celado
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Title
- Polychrome Jar
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Places
- Mata Ortiz (Object made in:), Mexico (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 2005
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Medium
- Ceramic with pigment
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Inscriptions
- Signed bottom, middle, incised: "Juan Quezada"; label affixed bottom, middle, printed in red ink: "CASAS GRANDES / POTTERY // MX / MATA ORTIZ, CHIHUAHUA"; inscribed in black ballpoint ink: [5]HI".
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Dimensions
- 30.7 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm (12 1/8 × 10 × 10 in.)
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Credit Line
- Arts of the Americas Discretionary Fund
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Reference Number
- 2023.2921
Extended information about this artwork
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