Vtg Stephen POLCHERT Mid-Century Modern STUDIO POTTERY VASE Natzler/Grotell Era

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Vtg Stephen POLCHERT Mid-Century Modern STUDIO POTTERY VASE Natzler/Grotell Era:
$242.50

PRICE.

DIMENSIONS: 4" tall x 6 3/4" wide.

DESCRIPTION: Fine vintage modernist studio pottery bowl/vase by Stephen Polchert (1920-2008).

Thrown porcelain body with a complex pale green crystalline glaze and signature gun metal lip.

This example has a particularly nice glaze.

SIGNED and dated: "S. Polchert 1-81."

ARTIST BIO:

An artist often identified with the Eames-Natzler era, Stephen Polchert was born in Milwaukee, WI in 1920. After serving in the South Pacific during World War II, he studied art at the Layton School of Art and the University of Chicago. Polchert then received his M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Fine Arts in Michigan, where he was an assistant to Finnish artist Maija Grotell.

His work has since been exhibited throughout the country, including five international shows at the Smithsonian Institute and in at least ten permanent museum collections, including the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, the Milwaukee Art Institute, and the Joslyn Art Memorial, as well as in numerous private collections.

Set decorators have used Polchert's pieces in the movies The Usual Suspects, and Corinna, Corinna, and he has been commissioned to create works for churches and offices throughout the Midwest. In addition to teaching at colleges and high schools, Polchert taught ceramics at Father Flanagan's Boys' Town for over twenty years.

Stephen Polchert died tragically on February 6, 2008, Ash Wednesday-- he was hit and killed by a car while waiting on his street for his ride to Mass.

For more information on Polchert's career, see:

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CONDITION: Quite presentable. No chips, cracks, damage, or restorations. The bottom edge has been ground, which Polchert often did when the glaze was too thick along the bottom.

PLEASE SEE MY OTHER sales for MORE VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN, including ANOTHER POLCHERT POT.

WEIGHT: 2 1/2 lbs.

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