Ruth Duckworth: Modernist Sculptor, 2005, Near Fine hardcover w/dust jacket.

Lauria, Jo, and Tony Birks. Hampshire: Lund Humphries, 2005. 

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12 1/4" x 10 1/4", 160 pp. 

ISBN: 0853319154 

Hardcover in green cloth, Very Good pictorial dust jacket. Slight cocking to spine and name in marker to title page, minor wear to dust jacket, now in Mylar. 160 pp. Includes more than 200 black-and-white and full-color images of Duckworth's work and inspiration. Explores the life and work of modernist ceramic sculptor, Ruth Duckworth, from her fleeing Nazi Germany to England during WWII, to her making art in Chicago, as well as analyzing the significance of her abstract small and large-scale work to 20th-century art. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name starting at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York from January through April of 2005. A wonderful reference to Duckworth's career with plenty of detailed examples and a comprehensive chronology.