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Steve Elmore Indian Art

Welcome to Steve Elmore Indian Art located in historic downtown Santa Fe, NM. We are presenting the best antique Native American art we can find with special interest in:

Nampeyo Family Retrospective
Historic Pueblo Pottery
Antique Navajo & Pueblo Jewelry
Antique Navajo & Pueblo Textiles
20th Century Pueblo Paintings
Early Hopi Kachina Dolls
Native American Basketry

Since our opening in the spring of 2001 we have gathered a loyal following of collectors who appreciate our passion and enthusiasm for quality and service. For new collectors our site is a great resource for exploring all facets of this exciting field, from identification and attribution to pricing and dating.

NEW ARRIVALS

Large Pueblo Silver Pendant Pin by Harold Lovato

Navajo Rug with Saltillo Diamond Design, c.1920

Hopi Wicker Plaque w/ Pahlik Mana Kachina, c.1940

Elmore Indian Art gallery presents an excellent selection of antique pottery from the Rio Grande pueblos including Acoma, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Zia, Cochiti, Tesuque, Zuni, as well as the Hopi Pueblos. Along with Hopi Pottery, the gallery shows many signed pieces by the well known matriarchs of Pueblo pottery: Maria Martinez, Lucy Lewis, Nampeyo, Margaret Tafoya, Rose Gonzales, Tonita Roybal, and many others.

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Nampeyo and Her Legacy: Five Generations of the Sikyatki Revival Art Movement

Elmore Galleries presents a new exhibition and sale highlighting the living legacy of Nampeyo (1859-1942) the matriarch of modern Pueblo pottery. Celebrating five generations of Indigenous artists inspired by Nampeyo, the collection highlights the work of Nampeyo's descendants Nyla Sahmie Nampeyo and Vernida Polacca Nampeyo, two master ceramicists and possibly the most talented traditional potters living in the Hopi community.

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Eleventh Annual New Mexico Painters Exhibition

"Elmore’s work is a one-man art movement." --James Mann, Ph.D.

Join us in Las Vegas, New Mexico for the New Mexico Painters Exhibition with featured artist Steve Elmore. Opening reception Sunday, September 15th, 4-7pm at New Mexico Highlands University. The group exhibition features work by forty regional contemporary artists and is on display through October 31st. Read curator James Mann's essay-length statement about Steve's work.

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In Search of Nampeyo

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Review of Elizabeth Hutchinson's "The Indian Craze"

Check out Steve Elmore's review of "The Indian Craze: Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890-1915" from Native American Arts Magazine. Also make sure to read Steve Elmore's extended interview with Elizabeth Hutchinson in which she further discusses the link between Native arts and Modernism.

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