Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012
Feather plate
1960
Maria Montoya Martinez (Poveka or Water Pond Lily)
and Popovi Da
Height x width: 1 11/16 x 11 1/2 in. (4.3 x 29.2 cm)
Blackware
Classification: Ceramics
Culture: Native American (San Ildefonso)
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
Accession number: 2011.1690
Provenance/Ownership History: 2003, sold by Mark Sublette, Medicine Man Gallery, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Fe, NM to Hy Zaret (b. 1907 – d. 2007), Westport, CT; 2007, by inheritance to Shirley Zaret, Boston; June 5-6, 2008, Zaret collection sale, Pierre Berge, Brussels, lot 1575, unsold; 2011, gift of Shirley Zaret to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Gift of Hy and Shirley Zaret