John Ruthven Offset Lithograph "Bengal Tiger," Circa 1968

Item Details

John A. Ruthven (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1924 – 2020)
Bengal Tiger, circa 1968
Offset lithograph on paper
Signed to the lower left
Numbered 342 of 1,000
Plate I from the artist’s Regal series
Title inscribed in plate to the lower center margin

John Aldrich Ruthven studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Jack Storey Central Academy of Commercial Art. After graduating, Ruthven opened a commercial studio and started painting the realistic wildlife portraits he is known for today. Ruthven was a member of the Outdoor Writers Association, the Cincinnati Art Club and Art Director’s Club, the Cincinnati Artist’s Guild, and the National Audubon Society.

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Condition

- toning, foxing, and mat burn to print and paper; flecks of accretions and loose debris scattered between artwork, matting, and the covering of frame, but most heavily between the matting and the coverin of frame along the left side; abrasions, scratches, scuffs, and accretions to frame.