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American/Austrian
(1908–2007)
Austrian/American
(1908–1971)
Bowl
circa 1960
Earthenware
3.25 x 10.75 x 10.75 in.
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
2002.54
Gertrud Natzler’s Bowl exhibits the elegant, thin-walled form that has been the envy of many potters. She worked in collaboration with her husband Otto, an engineer with a chemistry background, whom she met in Vienna, Austria. The rise of fascism in 1930s Europe led to the couple’s emigration to Los Angeles in 1938. Gertrud’s ability to throw pots with the delicate walls of Bowl led to a radical intervention in the world of Southern California ceramics. Her training on the potter’s wheel was a rare skill in the American West in the 1930s, and her proficiency garnered the interest of many prominent California potters, who learned her technique, which was widely disseminated through California’s academic ceramic programs.
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