Lot 129
  • 129

Tony Da, San Ildefonso (b. 1940)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • clay, beads
in the form of a bear, decorated with a highly polished gunmetal slip, turquoise insets at the eyes, the body wrapped with four strands of melon shell heishi; signed on the back left paw: "Da." 

Exhibited

Museum of Art of Culture, 2011, Santa Fe, NM

Literature

Charles King, Creative Spark: The Life and Art of Tony Da, 2011, p. 45. 

Condition

Excellent original condition
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