Ruth Duckworth

(British, 1919–2009)

Ruth Duckworth was a British sculptor who was best known for her smooth ceramic works of abstract forms derived from nature. Finding much of her inspiration from early Bronze Age Cycladic sculptures, Duckworth’s works have smooth and elongated silhouettes with slight details to insinuate the face and limbs. Born Ruth Windmüller on April 10, 1919 in Hamburg, Germany to a Jewish father and Christian mother, she was forced to leave Germany in 1936 and study abroad at the Liverpool College of Art in the United Kingdom due to Nazi restrictions on Jewish students. She initially worked as a tombstone engraver in England, and later moved to Chicago to teach at the University of Chicago in 1964. Her works are in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, among others. Duckworth died on October 18, 2009 in Chicago, IL where she had spent the last 45 years of her life.

Ruth Duckworth Artworks

Ruth Duckworth (275 results)
Untitled (Baluster Vase)

Ruth Duckworth

Untitled (Baluster Vase)

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Untitled (Conical Vase with Stand)

Ruth Duckworth

Untitled (Conical Vase with Stand)

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Untitled (Green and Brown Vase), 1992

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Untitled (Green and Brown Vase), 1992

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Untitled (White Form Vase)

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Untitled (White Form Vase)

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Untitled (Green and Blue Vase)

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Untitled (Green and Blue Vase)

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Untitled (Cut and Folded Vase)

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Untitled (Cut and Folded Vase)

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Untitled (Footed Vase)

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Untitled (Footed Vase)

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Untitled (Gray and Tan Vase)

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Untitled (Gray and Tan Vase)

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Untitled (Footed Bowl)

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Untitled (Footed Bowl)

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Figure

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Figure

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Torso, 1976

Ruth Duckworth

Torso, 1976

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Untitled (Amorphous Form)

Ruth Duckworth

Untitled (Amorphous Form)

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Blue Leaves

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Blue Leaves

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Untitled (Arcs)

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Untitled (Arcs)

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Untitled (Two Round Forms), 1981

Ruth Duckworth

Untitled (Two Round Forms), 1981

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Fan, 1983

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Fan, 1983

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Untitled-R86, 1986

Ruth Duckworth

Untitled-R86, 1986

Sale Date: June 15, 2012

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Untitled #096190, 1990

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Untitled #096190, 1990

Sale Date: June 1, 2012

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Waves

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Waves

Sale Date: May 2, 2012

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Untitled, 1972

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Untitled, 1972

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Untitled, 1970

Ruth Duckworth

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Bowl

Ruth Duckworth

Bowl

Sale Date: February 13, 2012

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Vessel

Ruth Duckworth

Vessel

Sale Date: January 14, 2012

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Untitled

Ruth Duckworth

Untitled

Sale Date: January 14, 2012

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