Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2015 School for Advanced Research.
"Acoma Pueblo"
Date: 1936
Artist or Maker: Lolita A. (Torivio) Concho
Dimensions:
Work: 10.2 x 15 cm (4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Medium: paper: wove | paint, gouache
Credit Line: Gift of anonymous donor, 1970.
Place Made:
Valencia County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.P305
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Acoma collection review visit April 22-24, 2015 (Events Record “Collection Review: Acoma Pueblo, Review 1”): Lolita Torivio is better known as Lolita Concho. Torivio is her maiden name. She is a well-known, self-taught painter/potter at Acoma with her own style. She also was a textile weaver and taught belt weaving classes.
Her sisters are Frances, Maime Ortiz, Esther, Connie and one other sibling (?) who are all potters. Frances also did some drawings.
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In Collection(s)
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