Bottle
Artist
Gertrud Natzler
(American, born Austria, 1908 - 1971)
Artist
Otto Natzler
(American, born Austria, 1908 - 2007)
Date1958
MediumEarthenware with glaze
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 7 inches (27.94 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Jedel Family Foundation
Object number2001.30.2
SignedPainted on bottom: "NATZLER"
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DescriptionA bottle that is round at the bottom that tapers to an opening 5/8 inch in diameter. The vessel is red.Gallery LabelThe husband and wife team of Otto and Gertrud Natzler combined Gertrud's elegant forms and Otto's glaze formulations to create intimately scaled vessels enhanced with rich colors and textures. Otto describes their work: "We focused our interest on exploring form in its totality-searching for perfection of outline and proportion-and relating to its color and texture of the surface." Their continual experimentation with materials and methods led to these wafer-thin vessels that glow from both vibrantly and subtly hued glazes.
Copyright© Gail Reynolds Natzler, Trustee of the Natzler Trust
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