Bowl

So Cal Design
© Gertrud and Otto Natzler
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Bowl

United States, 1943
Furnishings; Serviceware
Earthenware
Height: 3 1/2 in. (8.75 cm); Diameter: 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm)
Gift of Rose A. Sperry 1972 Revocable Trust (M.72.105.5)
Decorative Arts and Design
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Otto Natzler described the surface of this bowl as “a very hard grey crusty lava glaze with bright turquoise overflow...contrasting the elements of Earth and Water as part of the ceramic medium.” Otto...
Otto Natzler described the surface of this bowl as “a very hard grey crusty lava glaze with bright turquoise overflow...contrasting the elements of Earth and Water as part of the ceramic medium.” Otto, the glaze chemist, and his wife, Gertrud, the potter, drew on techniques learned in their native Vienna but applied the colors and textures found in the California landscape to thousands of ceramic vessels produced over their long career.

(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
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Bibliography

  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire -  Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art,  Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los  Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire -  Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art,  Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los  Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013. 
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Exhibition history

  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Tokyo, Japan, The National Art Center, Tokyo, March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Tokyo, Japan, The National Art Center, Tokyo, March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery, July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" South Brisbane, Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum, March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
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