Vase, Poterie de la Chapelle, Carouge (Genève), Switzerland | Circa 1935
Vase, earthenware, yellow body with pink glaze
The ceramist Marcel Noverraz from western Switzerland was a member of the Swiss Werkbund. He considered his works primarily as products of his individual artistic expression but was also influenced by modernist aesthetics in the interwar period. The vase was exhibited at the Musée de Carouge and is documented in the literature. See the literature references
Literature: Ball, Daniela U., Form ohne Ornament?: Schweizer Keramik im Spiegel der Kulturdebatten der Zwischenkriegszeit, Kunst + Architektur in der Schweiz, 56, 38-45, 2005
Blaettler, Roland und Rivollet, Karin, Noverraz - Menelika, potiers d'art genevois des années 1920 à 1960, Ville de Genève, Musées d'art et d'histoire, Katalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung 30.04.-20.10.2003, Genève, 2003
Rivollet, Karin, Marcel Noverraz: Itinéraire d'un potier, Ville de Genève, Menelika, Noverraz, 5-14, 2003
Rivollet, Karin: Noverraz - Potier à Carouge, Ville de Carouge, 1988, Abb. 24
Details
H 26.2 cm
Mark: painted chapel, label from the exhibition at the Musée de Carouge
