Ruth Rippon

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  • Ruth Rippon
    First Tulip, 1973 (SFi18)
    Graphite on paper
    Image size: 11 X 8.5
    Frame size: 20.25 X 15.25

    $350.00

  • Ruth Rippon
    Untitled Flowers In Vase (SFi12)
    Watercolor on paper
    Image size: 22.25 X 17
    Frame size: 38.25 X 29.5

    $450.00

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Apollo And Daphne, c. 1960
    Ceramic
    17.5 X 17.5 X 2

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Asian Lantern (DPu09)
    Ceramic
    12.5 X 5 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Bird’s Nest 11/40, 1977
    Lithograph
    Image size: 9 X 12
    Frame size: 16 X 19

    $0.00
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  • Ruth Rippon
    Black Bowl (R12)
    Ceramic
    2.5 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Bowl (R4)
    Ceramic
    2 X 7.5 X 7.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Bowl and Pitcher (R14)
    Ceramic
    Dimensions

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Braided Platter (R11)
    Ceramic
    3 X 13 X 13

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Brown Jug (R8)
    Ceramic
    4 X 3 X 3

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Brown Vase (R5)
    Ceramic
    6 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Bust Of A Woman (W24)
    Ceramic
    22.5 X 13 X 5.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Butter Dish
    Ceramic
    8 X 4 X 8

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Cassarole Dish
    Ceramic
    5 X 12.5 X 12.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Cloud Disc (R16)
    Ceramic
    .75 X 5 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Cloud Goddess (R17)
    Watercolor
    Image size: 8 X 10
    Frame size: 15 X 17

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Crackle Pot (R7)
    Ceramic
    5 X 5 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Crosshatch Vase (R3)
    Ceramic
    6 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Female Figure (R22)
    Ceramic
    11 X 7 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Female Figure (repaired)
    Earthenware
    Size: 12 X 2.5 X 2

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Fish 4/25, 1987
    Etching
    Image size: 3.5 X 4.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Fruit Bowl (DPu02)
    Ceramic
    4.5 X 11.5 X 11.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Glazed bowl
    Ceramic
    3.5 X 11 X 11

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Glazed vase
    Porcelain
    7 X 6 X 6

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Large Bowl (DPu01)
    Ceramic
    3.75 X 16.25 X 16.25

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Large Owl (R23)
    Ceramic
    8 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Mother And Children (TL04)
    Ceramic
    14.5 X 11.5 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Odalisque (R19)
    Watercolor
    Image size: 4 X 5
    Frame size: 9 X 10

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Pear (DPu08)
    Ceramic
    4.75 X 3 X 3

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Pine Petal, Pine Nut, 1973 (FB09)
    Graphite
    Image size: 5 X 8
    Frame size: 9 X 12

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Platter (R1)
    Ceramic
    3 X 14.24 X 13

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Plum (DPu07)
    Ceramic
    3 X 3 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Pottery Vendor (R18)
    Gouache
    Image size: 10 X 8
    Frame size: 16 X 12

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Purple Vase (R2)
    Ceramic
    6 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Regatta Plate
    Ceramic
    Size: 16.5 X 16.5 X 2.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Seated Figure (R13)
    Ceramic
    7.5 X 7.5 X 7.5
    * leg damaged and repaired

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Shall Break Forth In Singing
    Ceramic
    20 X 20 X 2

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Small Bowl (R9)
    Ceramic
    3 X 9 X 9

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Small Owl (R24)
    Ceramic
    5 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Stacked Clouds
    Ceramic
    Size: 18 X 7 X 7

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Tall Brown Vase (R10)
    Ceramic
    11 X 5 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown (M014)
    Ceramic
    13 X 8 X 8

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown (M015)
    Ceramic
    18 X 8 X 6

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown (M06)
    Ceramic
    5.5 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown (M07)
    Ceramic
    6 X 4.5 X 4.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Figure, (M047)
    Ceramic
    6.25 X 3.5 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Figure, (M048)
    Ceramic
    8 X 3.5 X 3.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Figure, (M049)
    Ceramic
    5.25 X 2 X 2

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title – Angel (150)
    Ceramic
    11 X 4 X 4

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title – Monk (166)
    Ceramic
    10.5 X 3 X 2

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title – Reading In Bed (146)
    Ceramic
    4.5 X 2 X 4.75

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title – Reading Monk (147)
    Ceramic
    6.25 X 2 X 2.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title – Seated Figure (149)
    Ceramic
    7.5 X 1.75 X 2.25

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title – Two Angels (145)
    Ceramic
    12 X 8 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title (M0027)
    Ceramic
    20 X 12 X 12

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title (SC01)
    Ceramic
    4.75 X 6 X 4.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Unknown Title, (M0024)
    Ceramic
    5 X 3.5 X 3.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Untitled Bowl
    Ceramic
    3 X 7 X 7

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Untitled Bowl
    Ceramic
    13 X 13 X 3

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  • Attributed To: Ruth Rippon
    Untitled Figures
    Ceramic
    Sculpture: 6.5 X 15.75
    Wood: 11 X 19.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Untitled Nude, 1988
    Watercolor
    Image size: 17 X 12
    Framed size: 24 X 19

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Untitled Platter
    Ceramic
    18 X 18 X 1

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Untitled Vase (RD07)
    Ceramic
    14.5 X 5 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Vase (DPu04)
    Ceramic
    6.5 X 3.5 X 3.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Vase (DPu05)
    Ceramic
    6.5 X 3.5 X 3.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Vase (DPu06)
    Ceramic
    6 X 3.5 X 3.5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Winter In Central Park (RD06)
    Ceramic
    23 X 10 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Winter In Central Park DPu24)
    Ceramic
    22.5 X 9 X 5

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Winter In Central Park, 1984
    Ceramic
    23 X 6 X 9

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  • Ruth Rippon
    Yellow Pot (R6)
    Ceramic
    4 X 5 X 4

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Ruth Rippon Biography

Ruth Rippon is one of Sacramento’s best known – and best loved – artists. Her work is acclaimed nationally and internationally for its whimsy and humanism. She was born and raised in Sacramento, and continues to live and work here.

Ruth was certain she wanted to pursue some form of art as a career, and enrolled at the prestigious College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, where she studied under famed sculptor Antonio Prieta.

Throughout her career, Ruth has worked to promote an appreciation of ceramics and sculpture with the general public. One of her first endeavors was the Creative Artists’ League, which sought to boost the profile and reputation of local artisans. Founded in 1953, the group successfully lobbied the Crocker Art Museum for more locally-themed exhibits.

In 1956, Ruth took a job that she would remain in for more than three decades: as an instructor at Sacramento State. She helped found their much-lauded ceramics program, and trained hundreds of students during her tenure there. Many of those students have gone on to successful careers themselves, as sculptors and teachers.

Of Ruth’s recent work, the most famous are undoubtedly her “lollies” (short for “little old ladies”). She was commissioned to create two in clay for the Pavilions Mall in Sacramento, and then did a bronze casting for a single lollie who sits at the entrance of the UC Davis Medical Center’s Ambulatory Care facility.

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