Ruth Duckworth: Modernist Sculptor Exhibition Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Duckworth, Ruth, 1919-2009
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content: Ruth Duckworth papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1996-circa 2005
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.duckruth, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series documents Ruth Duckworth: Modernist Sculptor, the multifaceted retrospective of Duckworth's life and work organized by her agent Thea Burger and curator Jo Lauria. 

The series contains catalog preparation material including drafts of Tony Birks's biographical essay about Duckworth, correspondence and contracts with Birks, correspondence with prospective U.S. and European museums explaining the retrospective, and research and correspondence regarding sources of funding through donations and grants. Also found are press and publicity files which include reviews and articles regarding Duckworth and the exhibition, installation photographs of the exhibition's opening at the Museum of Arts and Design, the exhibition outline and proposal, press release material including born-digital records, and administrative records such as loan documents, insurance forms, and exhibition agreements. Additional material related to the exhibition may be found in Series 2 and 5.