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Pitcher (one of a set)

A work made of stoneware.

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  • A work made of stoneware.

Date:

1940–59

Artist:

Eugene Deutch
American, born Hungary, 1904–1959
Chicago or Wilmette, Illinois

About this artwork

Born in Hungary, Eugene Deutch trained as a ceramist and spent time in France as a student of the modernist sculptor Constantin Brâncusi. After settling in Chicago in 1928, Deutch established himself as a studio potter and teacher. For this set of organically shaped pitchers, Deutch replaced applied handles, which he believed were prone to breaking, with pinched-in sides that serve as grasping points for the user. This innovation reflects Deutch’s concern for simplicity, functionality, and the interaction of form with everyday living, key principles of modernist design.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Eugene Deutch

Title

Pitcher (one of a set)

Place

Chicago (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1940–1959

Medium

Stoneware

Inscriptions

Signed in script on base: "E. Deutch"

Dimensions

5.9 × 10.5 cm (2 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Rosenthal

Reference Number

1991.53.3

Extended information about this artwork

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