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Bowl (no. 1490)

Gertrud Amon Natzler (American (born in Austria), 1908–1971)
Otto Natzler (American (born in Austria), 1908–2007)
1941
Object Place: Los Angeles, California

Medium/Technique Earthenware
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 27.3 cm (4 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Partial gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Lynch, Hope and Mel Barkan, Alan and Lorraine Bressler, and Susan W. Paine
Accession Number2012.405
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

Catalogue Raisonné Studio inventory number 1490.
DescriptionThin-walled open bowl with small foot, red earthenware body, gray glaze with blue lava overflow at rim. Studio inventory number 1490.
Signed Signed on bottom: "G & O / Natzler / 1941"
ProvenanceJuly 1941, the artists to John Entenza. 2009, Los Angeles Modern Auctions; June 7, 2009 purchased by Catherine Glynn Benkhaim at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (Lot 00456); 2012, Catherine Glynn Benkhaim partial gift and partial sale to the MFA. (Accession date: June 27, 2012)