Ruth Asawa

b. Norwalk, CA, 1926 | d. San Francisco, CA, 2013

Collection Artwork

    • Untitled </i> (S.531, Hanging Six-Lobed, Two Continuous Interlocking Forms)
      Ruth Asawa
      Untitled (S.531, Hanging Six-Lobed, Two Continuous Interlocking Forms), c. 1950
      Asawa 1950
      Untitled (S.531, Hanging Six-Lobed, Two Continuous Interlocking Forms), c. 1950
      iron wire
      82 x 20 x 20 inches (208 x 51 x 51 cm)
      © Estate of Ruth Asawa
      Photo: Dan Bradica
       Dan Bradica
      Ruth Asawa https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ASAWr_GF_002.jpg Organic and curvy interlocking vertical forms made from woven rusty colored wire hang from the ceiling.
    • Untitled </i> (S.335, Hanging Four-and-a-Half Open Hyperbolic Shapes That Penetrate Each Other)
      Ruth Asawa
      Untitled (S.335, Hanging Four-and-a-Half Open Hyperbolic Shapes That Penetrate Each Other), 1954
      Asawa 1954
      Untitled (S.335, Hanging Four-and-a-Half Open Hyperbolic Shapes That Penetrate Each Other), 1954
      iron wire and paint
      95 ½ in x 20 in x 20 in (243 x 51 x 51 cm)
      © Estate of Ruth Asawa
      Photo: Dan Bradica
       Dan Bradica
      Ruth Asawa https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ASAWr_GF_001.jpg Fluted wire forms intersect four different times along a hanging vertical sculpture.
    • Untitled </i> (S.693, Hanging Six-Lobed, Two-Part, Complex Form within a Form with One Suspended Sphere in the Top Lobe)
      Ruth Asawa
      Untitled (S.693, Hanging Six-Lobed, Two-Part, Complex Form within a Form with One Suspended Sphere in the Top Lobe), c. 1956
      Asawa 1956
      Untitled (S.693, Hanging Six-Lobed, Two-Part, Complex Form within a Form with One Suspended Sphere in the Top Lobe), c. 1956
      brass and iron wire
      72 ¼ x 15 x 15 inches (184 x 38 x 38 cm)
      © Estate of Ruth Asawa
      Photo: Dan Bradica
       Dan Bradica
      Ruth Asawa https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ASAWr_GF_003.jpg Rounded organic interlocking forms arranged vertically made from looping gold colored wire hang from the ceiling.