1997.165.1 Eva Zeisel, Plate with "Futura" pattern, c. 1928-1930


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Eva Zeisel worked in potteries in both Budapest and Hamburg before moving to Schramberger Majolika-Fabrik. While at the pottery in Germany's Black Forest region between 1928 and 1930, she introduced surface patterns and shapes that were heavily influenced by contemporary abstract painting and geometric Bauhaus-style architecture.