designer :: Linck, Margrit

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A Margrit Linck figural studio pottery vase. The 9.5 inch vase has a blue and white biomorphic glaze and free form ribbed handle. There is a chip at base and one at spout.

A fine example of Margrit Linck's work whereby she reduced her interpretation of modern pottery to its bare essence, the form. The all white glaze allows the viewer not to be distracted and to focus on what Linck thought to be the most important part of pottery, the form.

With this type of figural pottery, the interpretation is in the eye of the beholder, depending on the light, angle viewed and mood. Is it an abstract person? an animal? In this case, it could be a chicken. One could see this type of pottery as a precursor to the post modern pottery movement that occurred some 30 years later. Therein lies the importance of this period of work to the 20th century Swiss pottery and art movement and alas, the beauty of her oveure. This biomorphic piece is 9.9 inches tall.

This vase was produced by her heirs and atelier postmortem and has the later signature, 'Linck' inside of a fish form.

height ::

9.5 in

(24.1 cm)

condition ::

small glaze chip at base and one at spout

 

quantity ::

1

 

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price ::

$160.00

 

 

about the designer :: Linck, Margrit

Margrit Linck’s works are found in major international museum collections and have a cult following amongst 20th century ceramic arts specialists. Her works reflect the major art movements of the early 20th century, including sleek, organic, avandt-garde forms and exciting abstract glaze decorations. After completing her studies in Bern, she was greatly inspired by her sabbaticals in Berlin (1924-1925) and in Paris (1927 to 1930). Her original inspiration was the traditional pottery of the Heimberg, Steffisburg and Thun ateliers of Switzerland but with her own flair and special eye and hand for the contemporary. One could say that she ushered Swiss pottery into the 20th century but spectacularly so.