LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025

Museum Hours

Monday

11 am–6 pm

Tuesday

11 am–6 pm

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

11 am–6 pm

Friday

11 am–8 pm

Saturday

10 am–7 pm

Sunday

10 am–7 pm

 

  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Gertrud Natzler
Pilgrim Bottle1956

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with a large spherical body, narrow neck, and heavily textured volcanic glaze in parchment tan and dark brown
Artist or Maker
Gertrud Natzler
Artist or Maker
Otto Natzler
Title
Pilgrim Bottle
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1956
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
17 × 13 × 5 in. (43.18 × 33.02 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.102
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire - Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
  • Drexler Lynn, Martha. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and their Work: a catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990.
  • Stewart, Mary. Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.