Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Museums page for Ruth Lanier Asawa ((1926 - 2013)), known for Woven wire sculpture-fountains, figure drawing, graphics. Showing 9 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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 - Artist Info
About Ruth Lanier Asawa: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsAmon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695Historic Arkansas Museum
200 East Third Street
Little Rock, AR 72201-1608Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014