Vase with snakeskin glaze, Poterie de la Chapelle, Carouge (Genève), Switzerland | Circa late 1930s
Vase, earthenware, reddish body with beige to slightly greyish snakeskin glaze on the outside and beige glaze on the inside
Marcel Noverraz was a member of the Swiss Werkbund with numerous exhibitions in the L'Oeuvre. His objects bear witness to his inventiveness in terms of form, motifs and materials. He created a versatile production on the pulse of the times, which was also influenced by modernism in the interwar period. See also the references below.
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
