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Gertrud and Otto Natzler
(Austrian-American, 1908-1971 | 1908–2007)
Early Vase, 1946 Los Angeles, California, USA
Estimate: $2,000-$4,000
Sold
$1,000
Live Auction
Modern Design
Location
Chicago
Size
6 h × 6⅞ dia in (15 × 17 cm)
Description
Gertrud and Otto Natzler
(Austrian-American, 1908-1971 | 1908–2007)
Early Vase, 1946
Los Angeles, California, USA
Earthenware, dark rose glaze
with original applied paper labels to body '[...]239/100.00' and '[Ti]ger eye reduction glaze' signed to underside: 'Natzler'
6 h × 6⅞ dia in (15 × 17 cm)
Property from the Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
This lot is located in Chicago.
Literature Natzler, Otto and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gertrud and Otto Natzler Ceramics, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1968, plate opposite p. 20 (for an illustration of a related tiger eye glaze)Garth Clark, American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p. 98 (for an illustration of a related tiger eye glaze)
Condition
In overall good and ready to place condition. There are no breaks, losses or repairs to the ceramic body. One glaze bubble to the body inherent to the firing process. Vining crack motif is a variation in the glaze and not a body crack. Please see or request additional images.
Signature
with original applied paper labels to body '[...]239/100.00' and '[Ti]ger eye reduction glaze' signed to underside: 'Natzler'
Provenance
provenanceRago Auctions, Studio Ceramics, Lambertville, New Jersey, September 21, 2019, Lot 541 Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin