id:			159405
accession number:	1996.226
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.226
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:25.391000

Ruth, 1994. Frank Auerbach (British, 1931-), Marlborough Graphics. Etching with aquatint, in black and gray; sheet: 38.3 x 32.2 cm (15 1/16 x 12 11/16 in.); platemark: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.226

title:				Ruth
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series:				
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creation date:			1994
creation date earliest:		1994
creation date latest:		1994
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England, 20th century
technique:	etching with aquatint, in black and gray
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Frank Auerbach (British, 1931-)  - artist

* Marlborough Graphics  - published by

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measurements: Sheet: 38.3 x 32.2 cm (15 1/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Platemark: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
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edition of the work: 	30

support materials:

	description:	white wove paper (Somerset)
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in graphite: 21/30 ; by artist, lower center, in graphite: Ruth ; signed, lower right, in graphite: Auerbach
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   1997-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/97 - 7/21/97.  "Contemporary Prints:  Recent Acquisitions."

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Marlborough Graphics, London)
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wall description:
Since 1954, British figurative painter Frank Auerbach has created about two dozen prints. Like Lucien Freud, Auerbach favors depicting people he knows well because, as he has said: "If one has a chance of seeing people apart from the time when one is painting them, one notices all sorts of things about them. If one sees them in movement, one realizes all sorts of truths about them and one is infinitely less likely to be satisfied with a superficial statement." In 1993 he painted a portrait of his friend, art historian and Canaletto expert, Ruth Bromberg. Executed the following year, this print is loosely based on the painting. He began work on this etching by selecting ideas from several preparatory drawings. While in the presence of the sitter, Auerbach then drew the image on the plate with a dart. Two plates, one in gray and the other in black, were used to print the final work.
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