Vessel

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Artist Ruth Duckworth (British, 1919–2009)

Title Vessel

Date 1974

Medium Ceramic

Dimensions Overall: 6 3/4 x 5 in. (17.1 x 12.7 cm)
rim diameter: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Barbara Bihler, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 98.523

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Ruth Duckworth, who emigrated from Germany to Britain in 1936, is considered one of the twentieth century’s most innovative ceramic artists. Her influences range from ancient and non-Western pottery to modernist sculpture. Works such as this vessel, with its weathered surface and patterning suggestive of tree rings, evoke the natural world.

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"Vessel | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=98.523