Duckworth Ruth

A sculptural work by Ruth Duckworth, executed in glazed sandstone in 1961.

Ruth Duckworth was an innovative Chicago sculptor, deeply engaged in the natural world and responding to artistic developments in the 1960s.

Ruth Duckworth Full Tea Service (INV# NP3746) stoneware and glaze teapot: 8.25 x 7 x 3.5” creamer: 3.25 x 2 x 2.25” sugar bowl: 1.5 x 3.25” approx. cup: 3 x 2.5 x 1.75” approx. sau...

Ruth Duckworth Full Tea Service (INV# NP3746), 1972 Stoneware and glaze teapot: 8.25 x 7 x 3.5” creamer: 3.25 x 2 x 2.25” sugar bowl: 1.5 x 3.25” approx. cup: 3 x 2.5 x 1.75” approx....

Ruth Duckworth Untitled, 1982 Porcelain on plywood mount 20 x 88 x 88 cm 7 7/8 x 34 5/8 x 34 5/8 in

This rounded bowl form, circa 1980, is made of porcelain and features a soft muted glaze with layers of paper-thin fins and seed-like pods in the interior somewhat reminiscent of wor...

The form evokes the spirit of artists such as Hans Coper and Ruth Duckworth, while the textured, molten appearance of the glaze recalls the experimental finishes of Vallauris studio ...

Lucie Rie, Hans Coper Elizabeth Fritsch, Ruth Duckworth began to experiment\abstract ceramic objects, varied surface and glaze effects to critical acclaim.