'Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor'

The above-titled show opened last Thursday at the Museum of Art and Design in Manhattan.

It's the first comprehensive retrospective for this 85-year-old artist,

featuring approximately 80 works spanning her career.

Included are many pieces from the artist's private collection, along with stone carvings and maquettes which have never been exhibited.

Born in Germany in 1919, she left the country in 1936 at age 17, moving to London.

She remained there until 1964,

when she took a one-year teaching position at the University of Chicago which ended up lasting 13 years, until 1977,

when she retired to concentrate on her own work.

Every work made by Duckworth is entitled "Untitled."

"I don't like to limit what people will see," she said in an interview with Matthew Gurewitsch of the Wall Street Journal.

"I like it when they can see different things."

Much of her work consists of large-scale wall murals and monumental outdoor sculptures;

photographs of these along with a video biography of the artist are part of the exhibit, which will be up through April 30, moving then to Chicago.