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Untitled (S.401, Hanging Seven-Lobed, Continuous Interlocking Form, with Spheres within Two Lobes)
Auction: 07/10/2020
Lot: 56
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Ruth Lanier Asawa AUCTION RECORDS
1926 Norwalk, California - 2013 San Francisco, California. Known for: Woven wire sculpture-fountains, figure drawing, graphics.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death.... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the tutelage of the artists Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Franz Kline and Josef Albers. Gaining notice in the art world while still a student, she soon began building a wider following with abstract wire... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the tutelage of the artists Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Franz Kline and Josef Albers. Gaining notice in the art world while still a student, she soon began building a wider following with abstract wire sculptures that expressed both the craftsmanship she had learned from Mexican basket makers as well as her ambition to extend line drawings into a third dimension. Many of these were hanging mobiles. In 1968 she startled her admirers by creating her... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87. By DOUGLAS MARTIN. Published: August 17, 2013. Her daughter Aiko Cuneo confirmed the death. Ms. Asawa had been shunted from one detention camp to another as a child before blossoming under the tutelage of the artists Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, Franz Kline and Josef Albers. Gaining notice in the art world while still a student, she soon began building a wider following with abstract wire sculptures that expressed both the craftsmanship she had learned from Mexican basket makers as well as her ambition to extend line drawings into a third dimension. Many of these were hanging mobiles. In 1968 she startled her admirers by creating her first representational work, a fountain in Ghirardelli Square on San Francisco's waterfront. It had two merma... Read full biography
Ruth Lanier Asawa - Auction Lots
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Ruth Lanier Asawa 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeUNTITLED (S.267, HANGING SIX-LOBED, FOUR PART, DISCONTINUOUS SURFACE, WITH INTERIOR FORMS IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH LOBES)
Ruth Lanier Asawa Auction: 10/28/2020Lot: 11Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeUntitled (S.387, Hanging Three Separate Layers of Three-Lobed Forms)
Ruth Lanier Asawa Auction: 11/14/2019Lot: 602Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeUntitled (S.467, Hanging Four-Lobed Continuous Form with a Sphere in the Second Lobe)
Ruth Lanier Asawa Auction: 09/27/2024Lot: 115Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeUntitled (S.045, Hanging Five-Lobed, Multilayered Continuous Form within a Form, with Spheres in the First, Second and Third Lobes)
Ruth Lanier Asawa Auction: 12/07/2020Lot: 5Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeUNTITLED (S.853, HANGING FIVE-LOBED, THREE PART, DISCONTINUOUS SURFACE WITH ASYMMETRICAL AND SYMMETRICAL LOBES)
Ruth Lanier Asawa Auction: 06/30/2020Lot: 219Subscribe or get free alerts
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