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A pristine unopened hardcover First-Edition copy
of “Loloma, Beauty Is His Name” by Martha H. Struever, Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM, 2005
You don’t usually get much Charles Loloma jewelry for $275, but in this case you will get a couple hundred pieces of it plus some pottery and an authoritative text and personal commentary by one of the greatest experts and enthusiasts on Charles Loloma’s work ever, the late renowned Native American arts dealer, collector and lifelong enthusiast, Martha
Hopkins Struever (1931-2017) We are proud to say that Marti was a longtime friend and professional colleague of ours and we treasure the hundreds of visits and discussions we had with her over the forty-plus years we knew her,
a great many of which were about Charles Loloma (1921-1991) and his life and work and that of his distinguished apprentices and colleagues Verma (Sonwai) Nequatewa (b.1949) and Evelyn (Eveli) Sabatie (B.1940).
Marti Struever first met Charles Loloma at his home and studio in Hotevilla Village at Hopi in 1975 and beginning there they became close friends and professional colleagues until his untimely death in 1991. Marti simply adored Loloma’s work and she vastly admired and respected his artistic originality, intensity and dedication. She was always proud to sell his pieces and was likewise always willing to purchase them and she also wore her own formidable personal collection of them regularly and beautifully as can be seen above.
At left, a modern-day view of Charles Loloma’s former studio in Hotevilla, Arizona. At right, Charles Loloma and his apprentice Verma Nequatewa at work in the studio, 1970.
Photo at right source and © Martha H. Struever “Loloma, Beauty Is His Name”, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, 2005, pp.21
This landmark book, now long out of print, is a massively detailed 200-plus page labor of love featuring and discussing
the entire spectrum of Loloma’s distinguished 50-plus year career as a talented painter and ceramicist and ultimately undisputed world jewelry master. This is the largest amount of Loloma’s work ever assembled in one place, nearly 500 objects in all. The book also features excellent sections showcasing the outstanding jewelry work of Loloma’s two accomplished apprentices, Verma “Sonwai” Nequatewa and Eveli Sabatie.
The book is very beautifully designed and finely photographed. Marti’s introductory essay text is at once highly personal, informative, incisive and analytic. This wonderful volume is the first and thus far the last definitive scholarly work on the life and life’s work of this remarkable artist. The book is very nicely-sized and measures11 1/4” in height, 9 1/4” in width and 1” in thickness.
We have three hardcover First-Edition copies of the book available for sale, all are in brand-new, unopened, completely pristine original condition, all are still perfectly wrapped in their original plastic shrink-wrap wrappers just as they were the day we purchased them from Marti Struever in her Santa Fe home in 2005.
Price $275 per copy, plus $25 insured USPS Priority Mail shipping.
“Charles Loloma perceived beauty in the earth, in the water, and in the sky. And with great precision and boundless imagination, he reflected it truly in the nearly perfect things that came from his hands.”
-N. Scott Momaday, from Charles Loloma’s eulogy, 1991
“If there is beauty in a piece of art, a person can absorb it and become more beautiful.”
-Charles Loloma