Maija Grotell Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Maija Grotell Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 17, 2024
Maija Grotell, Bowl
Est: $300 - $500
Maija Grotell Bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 3.5 h x 7 dia in (9 x 18 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Collection of Franda Fader, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Vase and bowl
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Maija Grotell Vase and bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 7.5 h x 5.5 dia in (19 x 14 cm) 3.125 h x 6.375 dia in (8 x 16 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside of taller example 'MG CA' and to shorter example 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 38 illustrates similar glaze This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Vase
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Maija Grotell Vase glazed stoneware 6 h x 6.5 dia in (15 x 17 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Footed bowl
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Maija Grotell Footed bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 3.625 h x 5.625 dia in (9 x 14 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 38 illustrates related form This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Footed bowls, set of two
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Maija Grotell Footed bowls, set of two c. 1950 glazed stoneware 4.5 h x 6.75 dia in (11 x 17 cm) 4.25 h x 7.5 dia in (11 x 19 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside of each example 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Bowl
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Maija Grotell Bowl c. 1945 glazed stoneware 2.25 h x 7.25 dia in (6 x 18 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Footed bowl
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Maija Grotell Footed bowl c. 1950 glazed stoneware 4 h x 8.125 dia in (10 x 21 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Vase
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Maija Grotell Vase c. 1950 glazed stoneware 9.5 h x 8.875 dia in (24 x 23 cm) CA stands for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, where Grotell was head of ceramics from 1938 until 1966. Incised signature to underside 'MG CA'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Vase
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Maija Grotell Vase c. 1945 glazed stoneware 6 h x 6.5 dia in (15 x 17 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Charger
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Maija Grotell Charger c. 1950 glazed stoneware 1.75 h x 14 dia in (4 x 36 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Vase
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Maija Grotell Vase c. 1945 glazed stoneware 9.5 h x 9 dia in (24 x 23 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, ppg. 30, 32 illustrate similar examples This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Charger
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Maija Grotell Charger c. 1955 glazed stoneware 1 h x 13.25 dia in (3 x 34 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: The Artist | Private Collection (Friend of the Artist), Bloomfield Hills, MI | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 66 illustrates similar decoration This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Fine and Large vase
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Maija Grotell Fine and Large vase c. 1950 glazed stoneware 13.875 h x 9.5 dia in (35 x 24 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow From Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 66 illustrates similar decoration This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Maija Grotell, Exceptional and Tall vase
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Maija Grotell Exceptional and Tall vase c. 1950 glazed stoneware 22 h x 10 dia in (56 x 25 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG' with original Detroit Institute of Arts paper label. Provenance: Detroit Institute of Arts | Collection of Howard Kottler | Acquired from the previous c. 1988, Collection of Arthur J. Williams Literature: American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present, Clark, pg. 88 illustrates similar example This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 23, 2024
MAIJA GROTELL. GLAZED STONEWARE VASE
Est: $500 - $600
USA, 20th century. Signed MG. 20 cm high.
Tiroche Auction House
Apr. 11, 2024
Maija Grotell, Vase
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Maija Grotell Vase Finland/USA, c. 1945 glazed stoneware 4 h x 2.625 dia in (10 x 7 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Wright
Feb. 22, 2024
Maija Grotell, Plate
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Maija Grotell Plate Finland/USA, c. 1950 glazed stoneware 1.25 h x 12 dia in (3 x 30 cm) Incised signature to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Collection of Margueritte Kimball | Private Collection Literature: Maija Grotell: Works Which Grow from Belief, Schlanger and Takaezu, pg. 80 illustrates this example This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 04, 2023
Maija Grotell, Early vase
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Maija Grotell Early vase Finland/USA, c. 1940 glazed stoneware 6.625 h x 7.5 dia in (17 x 19 cm) Incised initials to underside 'MG'. Provenance: Private Collection, Detroit This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 08, 2023
Maija Grotell (Finnish-American, 1899-1973) Large Footed Bowl, USA, 1940s
Est: $600 - $800
Maija 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 | Hindman
Feb. 28, 2023
Maija Grotell, Large bowl
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Maija 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
Feb. 28, 2023
Maija Grotell, Tall vessel
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Maija 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
Apr. 30, 2022
Maija 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 - $700
Maija 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
Jun. 17, 2021
Maija 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 - $2,500
Maija 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
Oct. 25, 2020
Maija Grotell bowl
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Maija Grotell bowl Bloomfield Hills, MI glazed and decorated ceramic incised signature 6"h x 11"dia
Treadway Gallery
Sep. 15, 2019
Maija Grotell (1899-1973) round flared footed bowl 6 3/4"dia x 3 1/4"h
Est: $400 - $600
Maija 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
Dec. 08, 2018
20th c. Contemporary ceramic charger
Est: $100 - $200
20th 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
Mar. 31, 2018
Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.
Est: $300 - $400
Maija 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
Nov. 10, 2017
Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), orb vase, gunmetal glazed pottery, 3 3/4"H.
Est: $300 - $400
Maija 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
Oct. 18, 2017
Maija Grotell Studio Pottery Hand Painted Ceramic
Est: $100 - $300
Studio 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
Jun. 02, 2017
Maija Grotell, (American/b. Finland, 1899-1973), gunmetal orb vase, pottery sphere, 3 3/4"Diam.
Est: $300 - $400
Maija 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
Oct. 26, 2013
MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Small spherical
Est: $800 - $1,200
MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Small spherical stoneware vase, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Signed MG; 3 3/4" x 5"
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 26, 2013
MAIJA GROTELL (1899 - 1973); Early glazed ceramic
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MAIJA 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
Dec. 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 - $800
Maija 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
Oct. 26, 2012
MAIJA GROTELL (1899-1973); Glazed ceramic bowl,
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MAIJA GROTELL (1899-1973); Glazed ceramic bowl, New York, 1930s; Signed; 5" x 10 1/4"
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 07, 2012
MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VASE incised MG glazed earthenware 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) high circa 1950
Sotheby's
Mar. 10, 2011
MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
MAIJA 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
Jun. 16, 2010
MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
MAIJA 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
Mar. 25, 2007
Maija Grotell
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
vessel USA, 1937
Wright
Dec. 15, 2006
MAIJA GROTELL
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
VASE 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
Sotheby's
Mar. 28, 2006
Maija Grotell
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
vase USA, c. 1945
Wright
May. 22, 2005
Maija Grotell
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
vase USA, c. 1950
Wright
Dec. 05, 2004
Maija Grotell
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
vase USA, c. 1948
Wright
Jun. 06, 2004
Maija Grotell
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
vase USA, 1940s
Wright
Jun. 06, 2004
Maija Grotell
Est: $900 - $1,200
vase USA, c. 1948
Wright
Mar. 20, 2004
Maija Grotell
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
bowl USA, 1940s
Wright
Oct. 19, 2003
Maija Grotell
Est: $500 - $700
bowl USA, 1940s
Wright
Oct. 19, 2003
Maija Grotell
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
vase USA, 1940s
Wright
Jun. 09, 2002
Maija Grotell
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
bowl
Wright