Ruth Reeves Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ruth Reeves Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 26, 2023
Ruth Reeves, Tapestry
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Ruth Reeves Tapestry c. 1935 hand-painted woven cotton 54 h x 48 w in (137 x 122 cm) Signed to lower right 'Ruth Reeves'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Wright
Aug. 06, 2023
Ruth Baker 'Indian Mother' O/C Painting
Est: $100 - $200
A Ruth Baker (American) oil on canvas painting depicting an Indian mother holding her child. Signed lower right. Label on verso Ruth Baker 3104 Middle Ranch Rd Pebble Beach, CA. Presented in gilt wood frame. Sight: 17.25" x 11.5"
Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd
Dec. 13, 2022
Ruth Reeves, Paloma textile
Est: $800 - $1,200
Ruth Reeves Paloma textile c. 1930 printed fabric print: 50 h × 68 w in (127 × 173 cm) overall: 89 h × 72 w in (226 × 183 cm) Printed signature to upper and lower edges 'Ruth Reeves'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Nov. 03, 2018
RUTH REEVES (1892-1966, NY / CA) AMERICAN SCENE TEXTILE - Screenprint on linen textile of multiple vignettes depicting the life of R...
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
RUTH REEVES (1892-1966, NY / CA) AMERICAN SCENE TEXTILE - Screenprint on linen textile of multiple vignettes depicting the life of Ruth Reeves. Printed in the margins is: Designed by Ruth Reeves for W. & J. Sloane. Condition: Good. Some color fading is occurring across the work. One side of the textile is hemmed at the top and bottom of the tapestry about 0.75"; left and right margins are unaltered. measures 78" x 48"
Pacific Galleries
Sep. 15, 2018
RUTH REEVES (1892-1966, NY / CA) AMERICAN SCENE TEXTILE - Screenprint on linen textile of multiple vignettes depicting the life of R...
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
RUTH REEVES (1892-1966, NY / CA) AMERICAN SCENE TEXTILE - Screenprint on linen textile of multiple vignettes depicting the life of Ruth Reeves. Printed in the margins is: Designed by Ruth Reeves for W. & J. Sloane. Condition: Good. Some color fading is occurring across the work. One side of the textile is hemmed at the top and bottom of the tapestry about 0.75"; left and right margins are unaltered. measures 78" x 48"
Pacific Galleries
Nov. 28, 2017
Ruth Marie Reeves (1892 _ 1966) Lithograph
Est: $100 - $200
Ruth Marie Reeves (1892 _ 1966) was a painter, Art Deco textile designer and expert on Indian handicrafts. She was born in Redlands, California in 1892. She attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1910 to 1911 and won an Art Students League scholarship in 1913. In 1920, she travelled to Paris and studied with Fernand Leger. During her time in Paris, she pioneered the use of vat dyes and the screen print process for home fabrics. Returning to the United States in 1927, her designs were influenced by modern developments in France like Cubism. Lewis Mumford called her wall hangings and dresses inspired by traditional Guatemalan designs shown in 1935 ......probably the most interesting work any designer has offered for commercial production today........One of her best-known works was the carpeting and wall fabrics of Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Her fabric and carpet designs along with those of her colleague Marguerita Mergentime can be seen there today. Donald Deskey, who won the competition to design the interiors for Radio City Music Hall, commissioned Reeves and Mergentime to design textiles for the hall. The Index of American Design, one of three main divisions of the Federal Art Project (FAP) was originally conceived by Reeves and Romana Javitz, the curator of the Picture Collection at the New York Public Library, as a way for the American artist to find authentic American everyday objects to use as visual references for their work. The Index was established with the FAP in January 1936 with Reeves as its national supervisor. She later taught at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. After 1956, she moved to India as a Fulbright Scholar, where she served on the All-India Handicrafts Board. She died in New Delhi in 1966. Offered here is a 1956 lithograph from the Improvisations portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses and institutions supporting the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors allowed the artists complete creative freedom of expression. This lithograph was issued in an edition of 2000; the sheet measures 12 x 8-1/2 inches. Signed by Reeves in the plate (not hand-signed). The picture of Reeves and her assistant is not included here. Slight edge discoloring on right side near top otherwise in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Oct. 28, 2017
Ruth Marie Reeves (1892 – 1966) Lithograph
Est: $100 - $200
Ruth Marie Reeves (1892 – 1966) was a painter, Art Deco textile designer and expert on Indian handicrafts. She was born in Redlands, California in 1892. She attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1910 to 1911 and won an Art Students League scholarship in 1913. In 1920, she travelled to Paris and studied with Fernand Leger. During her time in Paris, she pioneered the use of vat dyes and the screen print process for home fabrics. Returning to the United States in 1927, her designs were influenced by modern developments in France like Cubism. Lewis Mumford called her wall hangings and dresses inspired by traditional Guatemalan designs shown in 1935 ......probably the most interesting work any designer has offered for commercial production today........One of her best-known works was the carpeting and wall fabrics of Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Her fabric and carpet designs along with those of her colleague Marguerita Mergentime can be seen there today. Donald Deskey, who won the competition to design the interiors for Radio City Music Hall, commissioned Reeves and Mergentime to design textiles for the hall. The Index of American Design, one of three main divisions of the Federal Art Project (FAP) was originally conceived by Reeves and Romana Javitz, the curator of the Picture Collection at the New York Public Library, as a way for the American artist to find authentic American everyday objects to use as visual references for their work. The Index was established with the FAP in January 1936 with Reeves as its national supervisor. She later taught at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. After 1956, she moved to India as a Fulbright Scholar, where she served on the All-India Handicrafts Board. She died in New Delhi in 1966. Offered here is a 1956 lithograph from the Improvisations portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses and institutions supporting the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors allowed the artists complete creative freedom of expression. This lithograph was issued in an edition of 2000; the sheet measures 12 x 8-1/2 inches. Signed by Reeves in the plate (not hand-signed). The picture of Reeves and her assistant is not included here. Slight edge discoloring on right side near top otherwise in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Dec. 11, 2008
RUTH REEVES (American, 1892-1966) "Circus" A
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
RUTH REEVES (American, 1892-1966) "Circus" A Screenprint on Linen Tapestry, manufactured by National Silk Dyeing Company, 1930 Signed and dated on selvedge: CIRCUS BY RUTH REEVES 30 58 x 47 inches (147.3 x 119.4 cm) Overall in very good condition. Some losses to the signature on the selvedge.
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 03, 2006
Ruth Reeves
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
tapestry W. & J. Sloane USA, 1930
Wright
Dec. 08, 2002
Ruth Reeves silkscreen print on cotton, American, 1892-1966, c. 1934, Reeves was an illustrator and
Est: $4,500 - $5,500
textile designer, known for her Art Deco imagery. She studied at the Pratt Institute of Design, San Francisco School of Design, and in Paris with Leger. She exhibited from the 1910s-50s, at such places as the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Art. She taught textile design at the Cooper Union Art School and Columbia University. She designed wall coverings for Radio City Music Hall, and this particular design is in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design and the Smithsonian Institution. REF: Encyclopedia of Art Deco, Duncan; Who Was Who in American Art, Falk. Illustrated: Art Deco: A Guide for Collectors, Katherine M. McClinton, 55"w x 104"l, initialed in image. very good condition.
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