id:			378909
accession number:	2020.89
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.89
updated:		2022-05-13 09:00:18.177000

Demitasse Cup and Saucer, c. 1943. Gertrud Natzler (American, born Vienna, Austria, 1908-1971), Otto Natzler (American, born Vienna, Austria, 1908-2007). Earthenware with gunmetal metallic glaze; cup: 5.7 x 8.8 x 6.5 cm (2 1/4 x 3 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim 2020.89

title:				Demitasse Cup and Saucer
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creation date:			c. 1943
creation date earliest:		1938
creation date latest:		1948
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creditline:			Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim
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culture:	America
technique:	Earthenware with gunmetal metallic glaze
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Gertrud Natzler (American, born Vienna, Austria, 1908-1971)  - maker

* Otto Natzler (American, born Vienna, Austria, 1908-2007)  - maker

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measurements: Cup: 5.7 x 8.8 x 6.5 cm (2 1/4 x 3 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	“natzler/ n”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA
	date: 2008
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact: 
This cup and saucer were created shortly after Gertrud and Otto Natzler emigrated to the United States from Austria in 1938 to escape the onslaught of Nazi terror.

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Getrud and Otto Natzler were two of the most important American artisan designers working in ceramics in the 20th century. They were both born in Vienna, Austria, where they began their careers absorbing the early modernist aesthetic of that city in the 1920s. The Natzlers adapted the Viennese Secessionist emphasis on the purity of form in their early work as seen in this starkly unadorned cup and saucer.

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