"Famed Potter"
Collection
Albuquerque Public Schools
DateMay 1974
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Schools
Object numberPA1997.046.779
DescriptionKathy Hill, a student at Zia Elementary School, hands a bouquet of flowers to Maria Martinez during a school field trip to visit Maria near her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kathy Hill looks up toward Maria as she hands her the flowers. Maria smiles toward the left of the frame and takes the flowers from the child. Maria is wearing a floral shirt with beaded necklaces. She is wearing eyeglasses. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Maria, the renowned potter of San Ildefonso Pueblo, is presented with a bouquet of flowers by Kathy Hill, 11, of Zia Elementary. More than 30 sixth-graders from Zia raised money through newspaper recycling drives to pay a visit to Maria, who lives near Santa Fe."On View
Not on view
Gio. Ma. Capini Fom. Inc.
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February 7, 1878