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Ruth Leaf Etching

Ruth Leaf, Dowager, Embossed Screenprint, Etching, Artist Proof Signed
Ruth Leaf, Dowager, Embossed Screenprint, Etching, Artist Proof Signed

Ruth Leaf, Dowager, Embossed Screenprint, Etching, Artist Proof Signed

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

W 15.25 in HISTORY RUTH LEAF (1923-2015) Ruth Leaf was an American artist and a pioneer in the discipline of printmaking, specifically etching.

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Mid-20th Century American Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Ruth Leaf, Garden, Embosed Screenprint, Limited Edition Etching 21/35 Signed
Ruth Leaf, Garden, Embosed Screenprint, Limited Edition Etching 21/35 Signed

Ruth Leaf, Garden, Embosed Screenprint, Limited Edition Etching 21/35 Signed

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT Ruth Leaf, Garden, signed and numbered in pencil, 21/35, embossed color etching and aquatint on wove paper.

Category

Early 20th Century American Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Ruth Leaf, Tree Forms, Embossed, Limited Edition Etching 24/35 Signed
Ruth Leaf, Tree Forms, Embossed, Limited Edition Etching 24/35 Signed

Ruth Leaf, Tree Forms, Embossed, Limited Edition Etching 24/35 Signed

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT Ruth Leaf, Tree Forms Fugue, signed and numbered in pencil, 24/35, embossed color etching and aquatint on wove paper.

Category

Early 20th Century American Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Ruth Leaf, Self Portrait, Embossed, Limited Edition Etching 12/25 Signed
Ruth Leaf, Self Portrait, Embossed, Limited Edition Etching 12/25 Signed

Ruth Leaf, Self Portrait, Embossed, Limited Edition Etching 12/25 Signed

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT Ruth Leaf, Self Portrait, signed and numbered in pencil, 12/25, embossed etching and aquatint on wove paper.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

EVENING

EVENING

By Ruth Leaf

Located in Portland, ME

Leaf, Ruth. EVENING. Etching in colors, not dated.

Category

1950s Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Tapestry
Tapestry

Tapestry

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Tapestry" c.1990, is an original colors etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015.

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Arcadia
Arcadia

Arcadia

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Arcadia" c.1990, is an original colors etching with aquatint on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015.

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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MISTY FIELDS

Ruth LeafMISTY FIELDS

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H 24 in W 32 in

MISTY FIELDS

By Ruth Leaf

Located in Portland, ME

Leaf, Ruth. MISTY FIELDS. Etching in colors, not dated.

Category

20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

LAKE VIEW

Ruth LeafLAKE VIEW

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H 24 in W 30 in

LAKE VIEW

By Ruth Leaf

Located in Portland, ME

Leaf, Ruth. LAKE VIEW. Etching in colors, not dated.

Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Summer Rain
Summer Rain

Ruth LeafSummer Rain, c.1990

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H 22 in W 29.75 in D 0.01 in

Summer Rain

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Summer Rain" c.1990, is an original colors etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015.

Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

"Sand Dunes" Sepia Landscape Etching by Ruth Leaf
"Sand Dunes" Sepia Landscape Etching by Ruth Leaf

"Sand Dunes" Sepia Landscape Etching by Ruth Leaf

By Ruth Leaf

Located in Pasadena, CA

Ruth Leaf (1923-2015) was an American artist and a Pioneer in the discipline of printmaking, specifically etching.

Category

Mid-20th Century Land Landscape Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper, Etching

"Sand Dunes" Sepia Landscape Etching by Ruth Leaf
"Sand Dunes" Sepia Landscape Etching by Ruth Leaf

"Sand Dunes" Sepia Landscape Etching by Ruth Leaf

Located in Pasadena, CA

Ruth Leaf (1923-2015) was an American artist and a Pioneer in the discipline of printmaking, specifically etching.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

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Ruth Leaf was an American artist and a pioneer in the discipline of printmaking. While also fluent in the methods of linoleum, monotype, collagraph and collage, she is most known for her viscosity etchings and woodcuts. She authored the book, Etching, Engraving and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (Watson-Guptill Publications) in 1976 while teaching at her namesake studio in Long Island and it remains the textbook used today in many schools. She was born in New York City in 1923, she studied at the New School for Social Research, Art Students League and Brooklyn College and at Atelier 17 with the groundbreaking printmaker Stanley William Hayter. She exhibited her work throughout the United States and abroad and has work in many collections, including the Library of Congress, the U.S. Information Agency, the Butler Institute of American Art and numerous university museums. Leaf has been a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists, the American Color Print Society and regional printmaking groups.