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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Record prices
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
Ruth Asawa’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Lots sold
27
of 28 offered · 2006–2026
Sell-through
96%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on paper | 3 | 3 | 100% | $34.6kSign up | $31.2kSign up | $56.3kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $36.3kSign up | $36.3kSign up | $56.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 1 | 1 | 100% | $17.8kSign up | $17.8kSign up | $17.8kSign up |
| Lithograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $17.8kSign up | $17.8kSign up | $17.8kSign up |
| Sculpture | 12 | 11 | 92% | $209kSign up | $25kSign up | $1.4MSign up |
| Other | 12 | 12 | 100% | $576kSign up | $76.9kSign up | $3.5MSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.