Pitcher (one of a set)
Eugene Deutch
1940–1959
- Medium
- Stoneware and glaze
- Dimensions
- 5.9 × 10.5 cm (2 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- pitcher (vessel)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
american artsglazeAmerican Arts and Crafts Movementvesselceramicsamerican decorative artspitcher (vessel)Chicagostudio potterypotterydecorative artsglazingthrowing (pottery technique)stoneware
About
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.
