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soldMar. 08, 2023Maija Grotell (Finnish-American, 1899-1973) Large Footed Bowl, USA, 1940s
Est: $600 - $800Maija Grotell (Finnish-American, 1899-1973) Large Footed Bowl, USA, 1940s Glazed stoneware Incised to underside: "MJ" with Cranbrook stamp: "CA" (H: 4 1/2, Dia: 12 5/8 in.) Qty: (1) Provenance Rago Auctions, Modern Ceramics, Lambertville, New Jersey, March 2, 2013, Lot 413 Property from a Philadelphia Private Collection Very good; scattered glaze pops to body and two small separations in rim, in the making; a few chips to foot, 1 1/4 in. total length.
Freeman's
soldFeb. 28, 2023Maija Grotell, Large bowl
Est: $3,000 - $4,000Maija Grotell Large bowl Finland/USA, c. 1950 glazed stoneware 8 h x 11.75 dia in (20 x 30 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
soldFeb. 28, 2023Maija Grotell, Tall vessel
Est: $6,000 - $9,000Maija Grotell Tall vessel Finland/USA, c. 1950 glazed stoneware 15 h x 8.25 dia in (38 x 21 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
soldApr. 30, 2022Maija Grotell, Finnish / American (1899-1973), footed bowl ca. 1951, studio pottery, cranberry gloss drip with silver metallic trim glaze, 2 3/8"H x 5 3/4"Diam.
Est: $500 - $700Maija Grotell Finnish / American, (1899-1973) footed bowl ca. 1951 studio pottery, cranberry gloss drip with silver metallic trim glaze signed under base. From AskArt: Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. Grotell was born August 19, 1899 in Helsingfors, and there she studied at The Ateneum, the Central School of Industrial Art, and completed six years of graduate work in ceramics while supporting herself drawing for the National Museum and working as a textile designer. Her training included painting, sculpture and design, but her interest lay with ceramics. However, there was minimal opportunity for innovation, teaching or marketing ceramics, so she came to America. Maija's first summer in America was spent at the State College of Ceramics at Alfred, New York, where she met, among others, the founder of the school, Charles F. Binns, and Arthur Baggs of Ohio State University, leaders in the establishment of university-level ceramics programs where the art of clay was offered as adjunct to established engineering curricula. Maija had already found work at the Inwood Studios in Manhattan and went on to teach at Union Settlement and then at the Henry Street Settlement, while exhibiting and selling her own ceramics. From 1936 to 1938 she was also the first art instructor at the School of Ceramic Engineering at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. A Diploma from the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition and a Silver Medal at the Paris International in 1937 were among the first of twenty-five major exhibition awards she was to receive over the next thirty years, including six from the Syracuse Ceramic National Exhibitions and the Charles Fergus Binns Medal from Alfred University in 196I. In the fall of 1938 she was invited to enter a very different creative environment when she joined architect Eliel Saarinen, sculptor Carl Milles, weaver Marianne Strengell and later designer Charles Eames on the faculty of Cranbrook Academy of Art, outside Detroit, Michigan. It was while teaching at Cranbrook that she achieved her finest series of works. Her work was purchased for twenty-one museum collections, including the American Craft Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Everson in Syracuse, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum. Her extensive glaze research enabled Eliel and Eero Saarinen to use huge exterior walls of brilliantly colored glazed brick in the architecture of the General Motors Technical Center. She died in 1973.
Ripley Auctions
soldJun. 17, 2021Maija Grotell (1899-1973) earthenware vase with four panels each showing a potter at the wheel 7"dia x 7 1/2"h
Est: $1,500 - $2,500Maija Grotell (1899-1973) earthenware vase with four panels each showing a potter at the wheel Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, circa 1945 high glazed ceramic incised artist's initials 7"dia x 7 1/2"h Provenance: Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, 27 October 2007, Lot 351 Literature: Forster, Ken C., Alternative American Ceramics, 1870-1955, Schiffer, 2010, p. 115 Catalog Note: This vase was most likely made during Grotell's tenure at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
soldOct. 25, 2020Maija Grotell bowl
Est: $1,500 - $2,500Maija Grotell bowl Bloomfield Hills, MI glazed and decorated ceramic incised signature 6"h x 11"dia
Treadway Gallery
soldSep. 15, 2019Maija Grotell (1899-1973) round flared footed bowl 6 3/4"dia x 3 1/4"h
Est: $400 - $600Maija Grotell (1899-1973) round flared footed bowl Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1950s blue glazed ceramic incised mark 6 3/4"dia x 3 1/4"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
soldDec. 08, 201820th c. Contemporary ceramic charger
Est: $100 - $20020th c. Contemporary commemorative ceramic charger, incised around edge Maija Grotell Court 1899 1973 marked #50 on bottom. 2 1/2''h, 13'' dia.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
soldMar. 31, 2018Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.
Est: $300 - $400Maija Grotell (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973) orb vase gunmetal glazed pottery glazed over signature. Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. 3 3/4"H.
Ripley Auctions
soldNov. 10, 2017Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.
Est: $300 - $400Maija Grotell (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973) orb vase gunmetal glazed pottery glazed over signature. Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. 3 3/4"H.
Ripley Auctions
soldOct. 18, 2017Maija Grotell Studio Pottery Hand Painted Ceramic
Est: $100 - $300Studio pottery bowl. Crafted of hand formed, painted and glazed pottery. Features green-blue ground with brown details. Measures 6" x 9". Good condition, crazing and cracking. In house USA continental shipping $45 plus insurance. #78
Hill Auction Gallery
soldJun. 02, 2017Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), gunmetal orb vase, pottery sphere, 3 3/4"Diam.
Est: $300 - $400Maija Grotell (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973) gunmetal orb vase pottery sphere glazed over signature. Maija Grotell became a ceramist who immigrated from Finland to America in 1927. At that time, there were minimal ceramic facilities in the United States, and ceramics were considered either an industry or a hobby. But the effort of Grotell including her pioneer teaching helped to change those attitudes. She and those she influenced demanded mastery of the kick wheel, the upgrading of firing facilities, and the continuous experimental production of test glazes so that a common working knowledge could be built. 3 3/4"Diam.
Ripley Auctions
soldOct. 26, 2013MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Small spherical
Est: $800 - $1,200MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Small spherical stoneware vase, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Signed MG; 3 3/4" x 5"
Rago Arts and Auction Center
soldOct. 26, 2013MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Early glazed ceramic
Est: $1,000 - $1,500MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Early glazed ceramic vase, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1950s; Signed MG; 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"; Provenance: Sold by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for the benefit of the collection
Rago Arts and Auction Center
soldDec. 15, 2012, Maija Grotell (Finish/American, 1899-1973), Art pottery, Footed bowl with matte brown glaze and glossy brown glaze to recessed foot,
Est: $600 - $800Maija Grotell (Finish/American, 1899-1973) Art pottery Mid-20th century Footed bowl with matte brown glaze and glossy brown glaze to recessed foot, underside incised mg at base, with possible museum accession number 1982.72 in ink, ht. 4, dia. 5 1/2 in.
Skinner
soldOct. 26, 2012MAIJA GROTELL (1899-1973); Glazed ceramic bowl,
Est: $1,000 - $1,500MAIJA GROTELL (1899-1973); Glazed ceramic bowl, New York, 1930s; Signed; 5" x 10 1/4"
Rago Arts and Auction Center
soldMar. 07, 2012MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $10,000 - $15,000VASE incised MG glazed earthenware 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) high circa 1950
Sotheby's
soldMar. 10, 2011MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $5,000 - $7,000MAIJA GROTELL VASE glazed earthenware 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) high 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) diameter circa 1950 executed at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Sotheby's
soldJun. 16, 2010MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $7,000 - $9,000MAIJA GROTELL VASE incised MG and with the Cranbrook monogram glazed earthenware 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm) high 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm) diameter ca. 1940 executed at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Sotheby's
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soldDec. 15, 2006MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $8,000 - $12,000VASE measurements note 12 in. (30.5 cm) high 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm) diameter ca. 1950s incised MG and with Cranbrook Academy monogram glazed earthenware executed at Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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