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Gyrolith on Inverted Conical Base (X477)
1985 · Earthenware, gold crystalline glaze
11 × 10 × 10 in. (27.9 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Weight: 6 lb. (2721.582g)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Otto Natzler
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Mixed Media
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12
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15
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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967–1968
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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1947–1948
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Otto Natzler was an American ceramicist known for glazed earthenware vessels of refined geometric form and luminous surface treatment. Working primarily in the mid-twentieth century, he developed distinctive glaze chemistry that produced subtle color variations across thrown and hand-built forms. His work exemplified the integration of functional pottery with modernist aesthetics, influencing postwar American studio ceramics through both technical innovation and formal restraint.
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