Modern Design 
23 September 2022
David Ellsworth, Low Ovoid - Image 1 of 1
Modern Design 
David Ellsworth, Low Ovoid - Image 1 of 1
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David Ellsworth

Low Ovoid

USA, 2009
spalted sugar maple 8 h × 11½ w × 12 d in (20 × 29 × 30 cm)
estimate: $2,500–3,500
result: $3,000
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This lot is sold on behalf of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. All proceeds, including the 25% buyer’s premium, will support projects and initiatives across the Smithsonian institution.
Signed, titled and dated ‘Low Ovoid 2009 Ellsworth Spalted Maple’.

Of the primary market; suggested retail: $9,500.

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David Ellsworth

2021 Visionary Award Recipient

David Ellsworth, master woodturner, describes his primary influences as “the energy and beauty of Native American ceramics, the architecture of the American Southwest with its textures, tones and monumentality, and the natural beauty of the material of wood – what I refer to as the most perfectly imperfect material to work with.” He is considered one of the most prominent woodturners in the world, famous for developing his elegant thin-walled hollow forms, which may even be as thin as 1/16th of an inch. Additionally, he created and marketed the bent turning tools needed to produce this vessel-like form. Ellsworth is also known for advancing the discipline of woodturning as a legitimate craft art form. The work of David Ellsworth is included in the permanent collection of over forty-three museums internationally, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. 

ellsworthstudios.com

Rago/Wright is privileged to participate in celebrating these extraordinary artists and supporting one of our nation’s most important cultural institutions.

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