Ruth Duckworth - Design New York Thursday, June 8, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Alice Westphal, Evanston, Illinois
    Heritage Auctions, Dallas, "Design Signature Auction," April 27, 2021, lot 67051
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Ruth Duckworth and Alice Westphal, Ruth Duckworth, Evanston, 1977, n.p. for similar examples
    Alice Westphal, "The Ceramics of Ruth Duckworth," Craft Horizons, August 1977, p. 51 for a similar example
    Alice Westphal, The Ceramic Murals of Ruth Duckworth: A Fifteen Year Review, Chicago, 1984, pp. 5, 7 for a discussion of the present sculpture
    Jo Lauria and Tony Birks, Ruth Duckworth: Modernist Sculptor, exh. cat., Museum of Arts & Design, New York, 2004, p. 55 for a similar example

94

Wall-mounted sculpture

circa 1979
Glazed porcelain, acrylic, painted plywood.
34 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 8 in. (87.6 x 87.6 x 20.3 cm)

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Contact Specialist

Benjamin Green
Associate Specialist
Associate Head of Sale
bgreen@phillips.com
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Design

New York Auction 8 June 2023