Gertrud and Otto Natzler Tall cylindrical vase circa 1963 Earthenware, matte yellow glaze with throwing rings. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) high Underside signed with NATZLER and with remnants of an unidentified label.
Provenance Christie's East, New York, "20th Century Design," June 10, 1996, lot 677 Exhibited “Ceramics by Gertrud and Otto Natzler ” The Art Institute of Chicago, April 13-June 9, 1963, then traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, July 2-August 18, 1963, Saint Paul Art Center, Minnesota, November 22-January 2, 1964, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, July 15-October 10, 1964 Artist Bio Gertrud and Otto Natzler Austrian • 1908 - 1971 (Gertrud), 2007 (Otto) Gertrud and Otto Natzler met in Vienna in 1934. Gertrud was studying ceramics, and quickly became adept at throwing. Otto was at first infatuated with Gertrud, and quickly thereafter with experimenting with glazes. Within two years of meeting they had established a studio together. In 1938, the same year in which they were married and awarded a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition, Nazi Germany annexed Austria and they left Vienna for California. They soon returned to their practice, with Gertrud throwing the delicate forms that Otto would then glaze. Over almost forty years, Gertrud created increasingly sophisticated and thin-walled pottery and Otto continued to refine his developments with glazes. Exhibited and appreciated in their own time, their work was hugely significant to the emergence of American studio ceramics in the second half of the twentieth century, as well as a testament to collaboration and dedication to craft. View More Works
Gertrud and Otto Natzler Tall cylindrical vase circa 1963 Earthenware, matte yellow glaze with throwing rings. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) high Underside signed with NATZLER and with remnants of an unidentified label.
Provenance Christie's East, New York, "20th Century Design," June 10, 1996, lot 677 Exhibited “Ceramics by Gertrud and Otto Natzler ” The Art Institute of Chicago, April 13-June 9, 1963, then traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, July 2-August 18, 1963, Saint Paul Art Center, Minnesota, November 22-January 2, 1964, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, July 15-October 10, 1964 Artist Bio Gertrud and Otto Natzler Austrian • 1908 - 1971 (Gertrud), 2007 (Otto) Gertrud and Otto Natzler met in Vienna in 1934. Gertrud was studying ceramics, and quickly became adept at throwing. Otto was at first infatuated with Gertrud, and quickly thereafter with experimenting with glazes. Within two years of meeting they had established a studio together. In 1938, the same year in which they were married and awarded a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition, Nazi Germany annexed Austria and they left Vienna for California. They soon returned to their practice, with Gertrud throwing the delicate forms that Otto would then glaze. Over almost forty years, Gertrud created increasingly sophisticated and thin-walled pottery and Otto continued to refine his developments with glazes. Exhibited and appreciated in their own time, their work was hugely significant to the emergence of American studio ceramics in the second half of the twentieth century, as well as a testament to collaboration and dedication to craft. View More Works
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