Otto Gerharz German Mid-Century Retro Keramik Art Pottery Tall Vase

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Otto Gerharz German Mid-Century Retro Keramik Art Pottery Tall Vase:
$275.00

Otto Gerharz Mid-Century Keramik German Retro Glaze Tall Vase with Side Handles. Jug Style Vase with a felt covered Bottom(My son had ripped open the felt looking for some kind of markings and did not know these vases where made with felt covered bottoms.The felt is back in place with torn marks). EXCELLENT CONDITION! MEASURES: 10\" x 5 1/2\". PLEASE WAIT FOR Otto Gerharz Keramik Pottery:
(1964-current)
Studio with Otto Gerharz doing glazes and Kurt Tschörner doing most of the early shape designs; both men had previously worked with Ruscha; later taken over by Otto Jr. and still in operation, but glazes are generally less refined and less complex. Otto has been doing the Ruscha bull for many years.Otto designs range from traditional jug forms to distinctively mid-century, sometimes playful, forms. (Note that this form is known in this \"goblet\" version and a \"flipped\" or upside down version.
Still, the highlight on Otto work is the glaze, and Otto Gerharz was a master with glazes.The typical Otto base is flat and felt-covered. (But there are some with a more traditional concave base.)
The felt is usually quite difficult to remove, and all you\'ll find is a flat (on the high majority of items) base with white clay.------West German Art Pottery or Fat Lava refers to the ceramics produced in West German Studios from the early 1950s until the end of the 1970s.After the defeat of Nazi Germany, it took a few years to rebuild the German pottery industry. During its heyday from the 1950s until the 1970s, over 60 pottery studios were active in West Germany. Scheurich and Carstens were the most prolific producers.West German Art Pottery is well-known for its great variety of forms and expressive colors. Since the 2000s, ceramic collectors of West German Art Pottery has become increasingly collectible, and the first books on the subject were published. Simultaneously, some major collections were put on display.Fat LavaThe terms Fat Lava and West German Art Pottery are often used interchangeably, but technically have a different meaning. Fat Lava refers specifically to a type of thick glazes that gives the object a thick lava-like look. This type of glaze was commonly used in this period by German pottery manufacturers. The term Fat Lava itself though is of a much more recent date. It has been suggested that the term Fat Lava first emerged with an exhibition curated by Dr. Graham Cooley during the King\'s Lynn Arts Festival in 2006.Names of well-known producersBay Keramik
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Marei
Marzi & Remy
Otto Keramik
P Keramik
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