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Item: Tall Cylindrical Bottle
Artist(s): Gertrud (1908-1971) & Otto Natzler (1908-2007), Austrian.
Material: Earthenware.
Production date: 1968.
Tall cylindrical bottle, …
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Item: Tall Cylindrical Bottle
Artist(s): Gertrud (1908-1971) & Otto Natzler (1908-2007), Austrian.
Material: Earthenware.
Production date: 1968.
Tall cylindrical bottle, straight vertical profile, terminates in a narrow bottleneck opening. The vessel features a dark cat's eye reduction fired glaze with melt fissures. The surface characteristics attributed to deep complexion heavily defined by dense, prominent, and highly complex cratered melt fissures. Hand-signed script signature to underside: [NATZLER] with typed archive alphanumeric designation: [O166]. Catalogued by Gail Reynolds Natzler.
Measures: 16 H x 3 D in (41 x 8 cm).
Approx. weight: 3 pounds.
Provenance: The Private Collection of Gertrud & Otto NATZLER, retained directly by the artists for their personal repository. Managed and preserved post-mortem by the Natzler Family Trust.
Note: Offered is a piece chosen by the Natzler's as an especially significant example of their practice and drawn from the collection they assembled for themselves, produced in 1968, a year that represents a peak creative window for their legendary 30-year artistic collaboration. Offers an intimate window into the shared vision and enduring legacy of two of the 20th century's most visionary ceramic artists.
Included: Highly sought after, landmark book and major exhibition catalog: Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Ceramics: Catalog of the Collection of Mrs. Leonard M. Sperry, and a Monograph by Otto Natzler. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968, 1st edition, 3500 copy limitation signed by Otto Natzler. 4to; 81 pp. Hardcover, author signature and inked gift inscription with date on front endpaper, sunned with light shelf wear, text interspersed with photographs, new glassine wrap (included original polyvinyl dust cover, fair with losses at extremities). Photography by Max Yavno. Very good with new dust jacket.
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- Dimensions
- 3ʺW × 3ʺD × 16ʺH
- Styles
- Mid-Century Modern
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Earthenware
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Excellent original condition. Structural State:. The 16-inch vertical earthenware frame is completely stable with no structural cracks, base chips, or … moreExcellent original condition. Structural State:. The 16-inch vertical earthenware frame is completely stable with no structural cracks, base chips, or neck repairs. Surface & Glaze Status: The Dark Cat's Eye glaze features heavy, dense melt fissures across the facade. To an untrained eye, these cratered fissures and exposed textures might resemble surface damage or glaze crawling. However, these are intentional, chemically driven kiln-mutation features designed by Otto, highly prized by mid-century collectors. less
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