This art pottery sculpture, from Nora Herz Duck Studio, measures 8 inches in length, stands at 4-5/8 inches tall, and has a width of 3.25 inches. It weighs a total of 1lb 2oz and is in flawless condition with no chips or cracks. These measurements and details indicate the high quality and excellent condition of this pre-war MCM sculpture.
Nora Herz exhibited at the Syracuse Nationals in 1956. She not only worked as a potter, but as a sculptor, as well as at other museums. Her history is included in the following museums of the Smithsonian and Jewish Museum of Berlin, where there was an exhibition entitled Tonalities Jewish Women Ceramicists from Germany after 1933, where her work was included with other great potters: Margarete Heymann-Loebenstein , Eva Samuel, Hedwig Grossmann, Hanna Charag-Zuntz Elisabeth Cohen-Silberschmidt.
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Birth place: Hipperholme, England
Addresses: NYC, 1950-53; N. Arlington, NJ, 1954 Profession: Sculptor, craftsperson, teacher, writer Studied: PIA Sch.; Sculpture Center; Germany. Exhibited: Sculpture Center, 1941-1944, 1949, 1950; Arch. Lg., 1944; NY Soc. Ceramic Art, 1944-57; Audubon Artists, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952; Phila. Art All., 1948; Saranac Lake, 1948; NAD, 1949-51; Union Theological Seminary, 1952; PAFA, 1950, 1952, 1953-54; MMA, 1951; NSS, 1952; Wash. Art Club, 1950; Newark Mus. Art, 1953-58; Montclair Art Mus., 1953-56 (prize); Syracuse MFA, 1956; Pen & Brush Cl., 1956 (prize); Miami, Eta., 1956; Hunterdon County A. Center, 1957 (prize); Mus. Contemp. Crafts, 1957; Gallerie Neuf, 1945 (solo); Village A. Center, 1949 (prize), 1951 (prize), 1952 (solo). Awards: prizes, Bamberger Co., 1957, 1958. Member: Artist-Craftsmen NY; AEA; New Jersey AA; New Jersey Des.-Craftsmen; Hunterdon County AC Work: Bavarian Nat. Mus., Munich, Germany; Athens, GA Comments: Teaching: Newark Mus. Art, 1950-55; Summit AA & West Orange Adult Sch., 1957-. Contributor to Ceramic Age.
