designer :: Linck, Margrit

vintage item::

A Margrit Linck figural studio pottery lamp. The abstract, biomorphic shape is quite avant garde for its design genre. The lamp is 10.5 inches tall, the lamp with fixtures is 12.0 inches tall and 6.5 inches in diameter. It is in very good condition.

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.

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

height ::

12 in

(30.5 cm)

diameter ::

6.5 in

(16.5 cm)

condition ::

very good condition

 

quantity ::

1

 

shipping ::

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price ::

$250.00

 

 

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.