Gertrud Natzler (Austrian-American, 1908-1971) and Otto Natzler (Austrian-American, 1908-2007) Bowl with Crater Glaze, Los Angeles, California, USA, circa 1958

Earthenware, verdigris and blue Pompeian glaze
Signed to underside: "Natzler"

H: 3 3/4, Dia: 5 7/8 in.

Literature

University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, American Studio Ceramics 1920-1950, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1988, p. 39 (for an illustration of a related glaze)
Lee Nordness, Objects:USA, Viking Press, New York, 1972, p. 39 (for an illustration of a related glaze)
Barbara Perry, ed., American Ceramics, Rizzoli, New York, 1989, p. 154 (for an illustration of a related glaze)
Suzanne Ramljak, Crafting a Legacy: Contemporary American Crafts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2002, p. 49 (for an illustration of a related example)
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, Makers: A History of American Studio Craft, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2010, p. 198 (for an illustration of a related example)

Provenance

Rago Auctions, Modern Ceramics & Glass, Lambertville, New Jersey, October 18, 2014, Lot 396

Acquired from the above

Property from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Private Collection