Ruth Duckworth was born in Hamburg, Germany, as the youngest of five children. The daughter of a Jewish woman, Duckworth had to leave Nazi Germany for her studies in sculpture and drawing, attending the Liverpool College of Art in 1936. She later studied at the Hammersmith School of Art, the City and Guilds of London Art School and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1964 and, upon retiring from the university in 1977, moved her studio space to a former pickle plant in Lakeview, Chicago. Her work is featured at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Windsor Castle, England; Stuttgart Museum, Germany; National Museum of Modern Art, Japan; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Netherlands, Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; National Museum of Scotland; Kestner Museum, Germany; Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Germany; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Germany; City Museum, Bassano Del Grappa, Italy; Buckinghamshire County Museum, England; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah; American Craft Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Art Museum, California; Evanston Public Library, Illinois and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Ruth Duckworth Stoneweare Ceramic Large Monumemtal Vessel
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in Chicago, IL
Ruth Duckworth was an innovative Chicago sculptor, deeply engaged in the natural world and responding to artistic developments in the 1960s. Working in clay, she called herself a scu...
Stoneware
French Ceramic Teardrop Tapas Vessels by Robert Picault
By Robert Picault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Picault teardrop vessels France, circa 1950’s Brighten up your table with these wonderful serving vessels Each vessel is hand crafted with unique playful patterns and desig...
Ceramic
Amazing Serpent-Themed Ceramic Vessel/ Low Vase
Located in North Miami, FL
Beautifully adorned with two intertwining gilt serpents on earthenware vase. The design seems partially Native American but we are not sure. Extremely beautiful and rare. Stamped wit...
Ceramic
Contemporary Grey Ceramic Vessel by Bae Sejin
By Bae Sejin
Located in New York, NY
Waiting for Godot 153934-158716, 2017 (Ceramic, C. 18 in. h x 14.2 in. diam., Object No.: 3537) The inspiration for Bae Sejin’s intriguing ceramic designs is the play Waiting for Godot by the Irish avant-garde novelist Samuel Beckett...
Pottery, Ceramic
Large Ceramic Vessel on Oak Usonian Base, USA 1940's
By (after) Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in New York, NY
A large ceramic free-throw vessel on a solid oak base in the Usonian style.
Ceramic, Oak
Ceramic Hand Thrown Vessel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Monumental ceramic bulbous vase with greens and yellows throughout. Vessel measures 13" diameter and 26" high.
Ceramic
Paul Philp Large Sculptural Vessel / Vase
By Paul Philp
Located in Uxbridge, GB
Discover the artistry of Paul Philp Ceramics, where every piece is a testament to craftsmanship and creativity. Paul combines traditional handcrafting techniques with a modern sensi...
Clay
Jim Kraft Ceramic Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
Ceramic vessels by Jim Kraft. One vase is 8.5" W x 7.5" D x 8.5" H. The other is 8.5" W x 8.5" D x 8.5" H. Jim Kraft received his BA in Ceramics from Nort...
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Vessel - Artist Unknown
Located in Alpha, NJ
This beautiful large vessel is in very good overall condition. Resembling and in they style of Toshiko Takaezu, this work was acquired in the New Hope, PA area with the artist being ...
Clay
$595
H 15 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Anne A. E. Hirondelle Signed Large Modern Ceramic Pottery Glazed Vessel Teapot
By Anne Hirondelle
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully colored and glazed, rather unique piece by renowned American Pacific Northwest Coast potter Anne Hirondelle who in 1993 was a recipient of a National Endowment for the ...
Ceramic
Studio Ceramic Vessel by Brother Thomas Bezanson
By Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic vessel in the form of a footed bowl or chalice, studio crafted by Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007) circa 1970s. Covered in a brill...
Ceramic
Sandra Zeenni Turquoise Ceramic Vessel
By Sandra Zeenni
Located in New York, NY
Sandra Zeenni “Turquoise Vase Wa”, 2014. Stoneware vase with matte turquoise glaze. Signed SaZe. Based in Paris, Sandra's work has been included in museum exhibitions, recen...
Ceramic
Italian Ceramic Vessel by Guido Gambone
By Guido Gambone
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sculptural ceramic vessel by Italian designer Guido Gambone (1909-1969) circa 1950s. The stoneware of dove shape is an open vessel in form. The surface is decorated with geometrica...
Ceramic
Ruth Duckworth Ceramic Bowl
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in Dallas, TX
A stoneware bowl by Ruth Duckworth signed to the bottom.
Stoneware
Unique Ceramic Vessel by Ruth Duckworth
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in New York, NY
Asian inspired, footed vessel with rough edges and stripped coloring. This piece also has a central hole that runs into the central pedestal. Signed on bottom R.W.D.