Post War & Contemporary Ceramics 
12 June 2024
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Post War & Contemporary Ceramics 
Sterling Ruby, Ashtray 361 - Image 1 of 4
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Sterling Ruby b.1972

Ashtray 361

2016
glazed stoneware 1¾ h × 12¼ w × 8¼ d in (4 × 31 × 21 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $6,300
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Signed, dated and numbered to underside ‘SR16 A361’.
provenance: Private Collection | Acquired from the previous in 2016, Private Collection, California

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“The ceramic pieces Sterling Ruby now calls ashtrays, were all initially made as glaze tests. Their form started out as a practical solution for containing pools of liquid, and used to determine color combinations and firing times for his larger ceramic works. Technically they are the evidence of the artist resolving questions, but instead of becoming artifacts of this investigation, they appear as microcosms of rightness with a pent-up physicality. The tests have taken on a life of their own and literally look like miniature, gloopy, rasping, and burbling worlds that offer up endless potential for the imagination.”


Excerpt from the exhibition catalog for Sterling Ruby, Ashtrays at Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels

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