Popovi Da

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WA-00030645

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Death yearMoMA· 93%
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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7178
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Popovi Da was an American potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, working primarily in blackware ceramics during the postwar period. He refined the polished black pottery tradition of his mother, Maria Martinez, introducing subtle surface variations and geometric incising that expanded the formal vocabulary of the medium. His vessels and bowls, created between the 1950s and early 1970s, represent a pivotal moment in pueblo pottery where ancestral techniques met individual artistic expression. Da's work bridged his family's legacy and a distinctly modernist sensibility in form.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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