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Maija Grotell

Maija Grotell attributed Cranbrook Academy of Art
Located in Sharon, CT
glazed decoration, typical of Grotell's Cranbrook Academy of Art style, where she worked and headed the
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Ceramic Wall Relief by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Highland, IN
Art, and under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook. His work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

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Ceramic, Wood

Ceramic Wall Relief by Clyde Burt
Ceramic Wall Relief by Clyde Burt
H 37 in W 26.5 in D 1.75 in
Monumental Leza McVey Surrealist "Eye in Hand" Ceramic Sculpture, 1977
By Leza McVey
Located in Chicago, IL
-built her pieces, creating freeform and asymmetrical works influenced by her studies with Maija Grotell
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Clyde Burt Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Ceramic Art Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Studio City, CA
master potter/ artist Cyde Burt who early in his career studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook Academy
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Monumental Leza McVey Surrealist "Eye in Hand" Ceramic Sculpture, 1977
By Leza McVey
Located in Chicago, IL
-built her pieces, creating freeform and asymmetrical works influenced by her studies with Maija Grotell
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Vintage 1970s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Rare 1955 Cranbrook School Aim High Logo Design by Eero Saarinen Oak Bookends
By Eero Saarinen
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fredericks, Maija Grotell and Eliel Saarinen among others.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends

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Aluminum

John Glick Pottery Pitcher
By John Glick
Located in Ferndale, MI
study with renowned ceramist Maija Grotell at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he received his MFA in
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Vintage 1970s American Pottery

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

John Glick Pottery Pitcher
John Glick Pottery Pitcher
H 11 in Dm 7.13 in
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel or Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Footed Tray Plate in Glazed Multicolored Stonewear
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Tall Ceramic Vase with Abstract Design
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase with Lid
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
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1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Signed Monumental Ceramic Charger
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a legendary and influential teacher
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1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Glazed Bowl/Charger Extra-large
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
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Late 20th Century American Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
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1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Ceramic Garden Planterette Signed
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija
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1990s American American Classical Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

John Glick Plum Tree Pottery "Wall Mantel Series"
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija
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Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Mounted Objects

Materials

Ceramic

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Stephen Polchert Ceramic Vase, 1950
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
1950 signed ceramic vase by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former assistant to Maija Grotell, Stephen
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Stephen Polchert Ceramic Plate
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy and studied under Maija Grotell
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Stephen Polchert Ceramic Plate
Stephen Polchert Ceramic Plate
H 0.75 in Dm 9.75 in
Stephen Polchert Ceramic Mirror
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Rare, signed ceramic frame mirror by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former Maija Grotell assistant
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1990s American Arts and Crafts Wall Mirrors

Stephen Polchert Ceramic Mirror
Stephen Polchert Ceramic Mirror
H 1.38 in Dm 15.75 in
Stephen Polchert Pottery, 1958
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy in the 1950s and was an assistant and friend of Maija Grotell.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Stephen Polchert Ceramic Lamp, 1961
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Beautiful, rare, ceramic lamp by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former Maija Grotell assistant
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Toshiko Takaezu: Hawaiian Colors Moon Pot w/ Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Berkeley, CA
academy under Maija Grotell, Toshiko was colleagues with Harry Bertoia, Jack Lenor Larson, and Lenore
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American Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Stephen Polchert Pottery, 1950
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy where he served as an assistant to Maija Grotell prior to a lifetime of dedication to the
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Tall Mid Century Stoneware Clyde Burt American Studio Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Art, he worked under Maija Grotell. He taught at the Dayton Art Institute and the Fort Wayne School of
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Vintage 1960s American Vases

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Ceramic

Large Bulbous Clyde Burt Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
of Art, he worked under Maija Grotell. He taught at the Dayton Art Institute and the Fort Wayne
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Vintage 1960s American Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
, warm tones of brown, rust, red, gold and black. Takaezu studied at Cranbrook under Maija
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Vintage 1960s American Centerpieces

Materials

Ceramic

Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
gloss glaze. Takaezu studied at Cranbrook under Maija Grotell. She later taught at
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Vintage 1960s American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
H 4.25 in Dm 13.25 in
Contemporary Toshiko Takaezu Ceramic Art Sculpture Moon Pot with Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
befriended Finnish ceramist, Maija Grotell, who became her mentor. Following, in 1955, Takaezu traveled to
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1990s American Modern Pottery

Large Toshiko Takaezu Studio Ceramic Moon Pot with Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Phoenix, AZ
she made traditional vessels but in the late 1950s, strongly influenced by the Finnish ceramist Maija
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Late 20th Century American Pottery

Materials

Clay

Stephen Polchert Porcelain Vessel
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
). Polchert attended Cranbrook Academy in the 1950s and was an assistant and friend of Maija Grotell.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Toshiko Takaezu small early Cranbrook ceramic
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Sharon, CT
teacher Maija Grotell is apparent, and this little gem probably dates from her period of study at
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Set of Abstract Ceramic Vessels by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Takaezu was born in Hawaii to immigrant Japanese parents, went on to study under Maija Grotell at
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

1960s Leza Sullivan McVey Stoneware Modernist Cool Blue Cat Sculpture
By Leza McVey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the Finnish artist Maija Grotell and became friends with the Japanese-American artist Toshiko Takaezu
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Clyde Burt Large Ceramic Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase or Vessel with Sgraffito
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Toshiko Takaezu Exciting Abstract Expressionist Ceramic Charger
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Phoenix, AZ
late 1950s, strongly influenced by the Finnish ceramist Maija Grotell, she embraced the notion of
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Late 20th Century American Pottery

Materials

Clay

Frances Senska Signed Mid-Century Modern Montana Studio Pottery 3 Sided Art Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
school class taught by Edith Heath. She later studied with both Maija Grotell and Marguerite Wildenhain
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Toshiko Takaezu Charger
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in New York, NY
). Steeped in both Asian and modernist American traditions (she studied with Maija Grotell at Cranbrook
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Stoneware

Toshiko Takaezu Charger
Toshiko Takaezu Charger
H 2.5 in Dm 12 in
Clyde Burt Studio Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in New York, NY
midwestern studio potter Clyde Burt (1922-18), circa 1960s. Burt, a student of Maija Grotell's at Cranbrook
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Vintage 1960s American American Craftsman Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Clyde Burt Studio Ceramic Vase
Clyde Burt Studio Ceramic Vase
H 6.25 in Dm 4.75 in
Mid-Century Ceramic Bowl by Mary Grote
Located in Portland, OR
similarities - this piece seems to have been created in the style of Maija Grotell, widely considered the
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Eros (Cupid) Riding a Dolphin Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Lohman
Located in Chicago, IL
include Maija Grotell and and Gaetano Cecere
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Vintage 1940s American Sculptures

Mid Centuty Ceramic Wall Mural by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
did graduate work at The Cranbrook Academy of Art, under Maija Grotell. Burt's work is in the
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Vintage 1960s American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Michael Cohen Studio Pottery Mirror
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
Academy, where he was a student of Maija Grotell. After one year at Cranbrook, he started his own studio
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Vintage 1960s American Wall Mirrors

Materials

Ceramic

Large Michael Cohen Studio Pottery Mirror
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
work at the Cranbrook Academy, where he was a student of Maija Grotell. After one year at Cranbrook, he
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Ceramic

Michael Cohen Studio Pottery Mirror
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
work at the Cranbrook Academy, where he was a student of Maija Grotell. After one year at Cranbrook, he
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Ceramic, Cork, Mirror

Large Abstract Studio Pottery Charger by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Providence, RI
completed graduate work under Maija Grotell at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He exhibited at the Ceramic
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Earthenware

Collection of Studio Pottery Mirrors by Michael Cohen
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
in the military, he completed graduate work at the Cranbrook Academy, where he was a student of Maija
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Cork, Mirror

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Maija Grotell For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the maija grotell you’re looking for. A maija grotell — often made from ceramic, pottery and stoneware — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect maija grotell — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A maija grotell, designed in the mid-century modern or modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one maija grotell that is appealing in its simplicity, but Clyde Burt, Eero Saarinen and Stephen Polchert produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Maija Grotell?

Prices for a maija grotell start at $900 and top out at $4,800 with the average selling for $3,350.