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Ruth Elgart

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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart
I carve richly grained exotic woods, using the human figure as my vehicle to express states of quiet contemplation, serenity,timelessness, and sensuality in my work. Exotic woods include coco bolo, lignum vitae, Norwegian maple, English boxwood, African ebony, walnut, African bubinga, ponderosa pine, French walnut, silver maple, elm, black walnut, chestnut, African or South American Zebra wood.

I wish to explore the human condition through themes of birth, fertility, family, love and sorrow. By sculpting groupings I express issues of contemporary society vis-á-vis a more abstract rendering in the concept - using negative space and careful placement of the figures to depict timelessness and interior strength.

Wood is a sensual medium. There is a natural warmth. I emphasize the smooth, curved forms of breasts, bellies and buttocks, and the more angled planes of the face and head.

I am influenced by the heroic stillness of the Egyptian genre and by the smooth flowing forms of Brancusi...and always by nature (the ever mysterious wonder of the human figure).

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 ARTcnet.com Fine Art Gallery Presents American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Charles Barkley, portrait of a basketball super star

Charles Barkley, basketball superstar, included as a sample of a portrait commission in hydrocal

American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Charles Barkley, hydrocal bust

American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Dr. Julius Newman, bronze portrait

Dr. Julius Newman, cosmetic surgeon, included as a sample of a bronze bust commission

American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Dr. Julius Newman, bronze bust commission

American sculptor Ruth Elgart award winning ebony wood sculpture: Roots

ROOTS
ebony wood from Africa; 14"L x 8"H x 9"D; 18 lbs;  $3000
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Roots, ebony wood

Best in Show, Main Line Center of the Arts, PA (Julie Courtney); Pen & Brush National Show, NY; Jefferson Hospital Show, Phila.; Port of History Museum show, Philadelphia (Lynn Grunpert)

American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Repose, chestnut wood

REPOSE
chestnut wood; 20"L x 12"H x 6 1/2"D; 25 lbs; custom formica base - 24"L x 24"H x 15"D; $2500; base is $250
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Diana, boxwood from England

DIANA
boxwood from England; 5"L x 22 1/2"H x 3 1/2"D; 20 lbs; base is 11"L x 1 3/4"H x 7"D; $2000
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Diana

American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Not Withstanding, black walnut wood

NOT WITHSTANDING black walnut; 14"L x 24"H x 5"D; base - 12"L x 4 1/2"H x 8"D; 18 lbs; $1800
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Diana

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Chastity, bubinga wood from Africa

CHASTITY
bubinga wood from Africa; metal embedded in wood; 10"L x 20"H; $5000
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Chastity

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Joggers Find, elm wood

JOGGER'S FIND
elm wood; 13"L x 37"H x 3"D; base is 18"L x 8"H x 8"D; 20 lbs; frontal piece; $3000
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Eternity, walnut wood

ETERNITY
walnut wood; figures are 38"H and 33"H; formica base is 36"L x 12"H x 18"D; SOLD

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Maternity, silver maple

MATERNITY
silver maple stained to mahogany; 6"L x 29"H x 4"D; base is 9"L x 2"H x 7"D; 8 lbs.; $1500
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Mermaid, coco bolo wood from Central America

MERMAID
coco bolo wood from Central America; 6"L x 35"H x 6"D; base is 7"L x 22"H x 7"D, hand-carved and laminated; sculpture is almost 6' tall with base; $3500 
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Mermaid

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Ruthie's Emergence, zebra wood from Africa or Central America

RUTHIE'S EMERGENCE
zebra wood from Africa or South America; 8"L x 14"H x 2 1/2"; custom marble base; 15 lbs.; $4500
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Ruthie's Emergence

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Rebecca, Norwegian maple

REBECCA
Norwegian maple on walnut base; 16"H; base is 5 1/2"L x 5 1/2"D; 5 lbs.; $2000 ON SALE FOR $1800
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Penelope's Web

PENELOPE'S WEB
bas relief in French walnut wood; 12"L x 24"H; 25 lbs; wall hanging or standing sculpture; $1800
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Hostages, coco bolo wood from Central America

HOSTAGES
coco bolo wood from Central America on slate; 14 1/2"H x 7"Diameter; diameter of slate base is 9"; 18 lbs.; $2000
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Hostages

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Jerusalem Revisited, elm wood

JERUSALEM REVISITED
elm wood; 9"L x 23"H x 2"D; base is 11"L x 2"H x 4 1/2"D; frontal piece; $1800
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Nefertiti II, bubinga wood from Africa

NEFERTITI II
bubinga wood from Africa; 7"L x 20"H x 5"D; oval black marble base (not illustrated) 8 1/2"L x 1/2"H x 6"D; 20 lbs.; $2000
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Circe, Norwegian maple

CIRCE
Norwegian maple wood; 7"L x 21"H x 4"D; base is 10"L x 2 1/4"H x 6"D; 7 lbs.; Circe is the enchantress in Ulysses who turned men into swine; $1500
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Norwegian maple wood

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Tenderness, chestnut wood

TENDERNESS
chestnut wood; 19"H; base is 11"L x 2"H x 7"D; SOLD

American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Dawn, ponderosa pine on walnut

DAWN
ponderosa pine on walnut woods; bas relief; 13"L x 43"H; wall hanging; $1600
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Family tree, oak, pine, elm and walnut woods

FAMILY TREE
oak, pine, elm and walnut woods; 24"H x 14"Diameter; 16 lbs.; hair is painted; knobs in navals; $2200
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American woman sculptor Ruth Elgart: Fertility, lignum vitae wood

FERTILITY
lignum vitae wood - the hardest wood known to man; 10"L x 12"H x 6"D; $1900
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American sculptor Ruth Elgart: Fertility

Sculptor Ruth Elgart: Fertility
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