Bowl

Gertrud NatzlerWW-1946-141952

1946·Earthenware and glaze·5.7 × 12.7 × 3.8 cm (2 1/4 × 5 × 1 1/2 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1946
Medium: Earthenware and glaze
Dimensions: 5.7 × 12.7 × 3.8 cm (2 1/4 × 5 × 1 1/2 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Gertrud Natzler

Artist

Gertrud Natzler

Ceramics

Gertrud Natzler was an American ceramicist known for glazed earthenware vessels of austere formal refinement. Working alongside her husband Otto from the 1930s onward, she developed a distinctive approach to clay form and surface that emphasized the inherent properties of glaze and material reduction. Her bowls and vessels, often finished in subtle matte surfaces, represent a modernist restraint that distinguished postwar American studio ceramics.

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