Alfred Aguilar
Alfred Aguilar | |
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Sa Wa Pin | |
| Born | 1933 (age 90–91) |
Alfred Aguilar (born 1933),[1] also called Sa Wa Pin, is Tewa Pueblo-American potter, ceramicist, and painter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo tribe.[2] He is known for his coil-built pottery that is carved or painted, his buffalo figurines, and his clay nacimientos.[3][4]
He has used the moniker Aguilar Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a signifier of his work.[5]
He has been a teacher's aide and classroom instructor at the San Ildefonso pueblo and operates a store on the pueblo.[citation needed]
Aguilar is the son of artists José Angela Aguilar and Rosalie Simbola, both potters. His brother José Vicente Aguilar was a painter as well.[6]
Collections[edit]
Aguilar's work is held in the permanent collections of the Gorman Museum of Native American Art,[7] the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution,[8] the University of Dayton,[9] among others.
References[edit]
- ^ "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
- ^ "Alfred Aguilar". Adobe Gallery. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "Alfred Aguilar - King Galleries - Scottsdale & Santa Fe". Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ Horn, Barbara (1985). Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses: Source Directory. U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
- ^ Schaaf, Gregory (2000). Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies, C. 1800-present : with Value/price Guide Featuring Over 20 Years of Auction Records. CIAC Press. ISBN 978-0-9666948-1-9.
- ^ "Alfred Aguilar, San Ildefonso Pueblo Jar". Gorman Museum of Native American Art. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Buffalo Story Teller". National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Instituion. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "The Wedding Shawl". University of Dayton. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
Further reading[edit]
Barbara A. Babcock, The Pueblo storyteller : development of a figurative ceramic tradition, University of Arizona Press, (1986) ISBN 9780816508709
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