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Yavapai olla, circa 1890, Arizona, made for art consumption, 21 inches high. Courtesy Linn-Tucker Indian Baskets, St Louis, Mo.

 

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Plains pony and seed beaded bag, circa 1860s, Ute strike-a-light bag, circa 1880s, Ute trail bag, circa 1870s. Courtesy Aarin Richard Tribal Art, Topanga, Calif.

 

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MARIN SHOW BLENDS ETHNOGRAPHIC, CONTEMPORARY AND ANTIQUE ARTS

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SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — In its 23-year history, The Marin Show, Art of the Americas, opening Saturday, February 24, has emerged as one of the world’s largest, most important and most unique marketplace for antique American Indian, pre-Columbian, Spanish colonial and contemporary American Indian art. The show will take place at the Marin Civic Center, February 24–25, from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday. General admission is $9 per person.

The Marin Show material is vetted for authenticity and integrity by the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association.

The show, which fills the Marin Civic Center and the ballroom of the adjacent Embassy Suites hotel, attracts serious collectors, curators and dealers in its fields. Those not exhibiting at Marin are present as buyers and show sales serve as both the bellwether for emerging trends and a business barometer for the coming year in its segments of the international ethnographic arts world.

Among this year’s 200 exhib-itors are major American Indian specialists Marcy Burns, New York City; Martha Hopkins Struever, LLC, Santa Fe, Calif.; Ramona Morris, Delaplane, Vt.; Natalie Linn and Elaine Tucker, St Louis, Mo.; Ted Trotta and Anna Bono, Shrub Oak, N.Y.; John Malloy, New York City; Robert Gallegos, Albuquerque, N.M.; and David Cook, Denver.

Native American textile experts will include Mark Winter, Santa Fe, N.M.; Jerry Becker, Pine, Colo.; and Tyrone Campbell, Scottsdale, Ariz. And on the contemporary side, Jed Foutz’ Shiprock Trading Co, Shiprock, N.M.

Major Spanish colonial and pre-Columbian exhibitors include James Caswell/Historia, Santa Monica, Calif.; Rae Neuman, Redlands, Calif.; and Mary Hamilton Gallery, Winters, Calif.

Contemporary galleries include Coghlan Art, Waddle Trading Co., Santa Fe Crafts, Betty David, and artists Baje Whitethorne Sr and Michael Horse.

Auction houses taking part in the Marin Show include Sotheby’s and Christies, New York City; Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco.; Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio; and R.G. Munn Auctions, Cloudcroft, N.M.

In conjunction with this year’s Marin Show, the Antique Tribal Arts Dealers’ Association will conduct its first Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner February 24. The dinner, to honor individuals whose contributions to the field have been both groundbreaking and instrumental to its development, will take place at the San Rafael Embassy Suites at 7; tickets are $100 per attendee.

The Marin Civic Center is at 10 Avenue of the Flags, at the San Pedro Road exit just off the 101. For information, www.krmartindale.com.