Ruth Asawa
American · 1926–2013 · Printmaker, Sculptor
Ruth Aiko Asawa was an American modernist artist primarily known for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her… (Wikipedia)
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Untitled (S.045, Hanging Five-Lobed, Multilayered Continuous Form within a Form, with Spheres in the First, Second and Third Lobes)Phillips · $3,539,000≈ £2,661,703≈ €2,918,041Sign up to see
Untitled S.437 (Hanging, Seven-Lobed, Two-Part Continuous Form within a Form with Two Small Spheres)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $1,430,000≈ £858,549≈ €1,041,136Sign up to see
Untitled (S.230, Hanging Single-Lobed, Five-Layered Continuous Form within a Form)Phillips · $1,006,200≈ £766,804≈ €868,687Sign up to see
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Ruth Aiko Asawa was an American modernist artist primarily known for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, Asawa created figurative and abstract drawings and prints influenced by nature, particularly flowers and plants.
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Also known as Asawa, Ruth, 1926-2013, Ruth Aiko Asawa, Ruth Aiko {Lanier} Asawa, Ruth Asawa Lanier, Ruth Lanier
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