Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)

Untitled (S.330, Hanging Asymmetrical Tied-Wire Eight- Branched, Closed Center, Free-Form Based on Nature)

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Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)
Untitled (S.330, Hanging Asymmetrical Tied-Wire Eight- Branched, Closed Center, Free-Form Based on Nature)
hanging sculpture—bronze wire
22 x 27 x 27 in. (55.88 x 68.58 x 68.58 cm)
Executed circa 1965.
Provenance
Asawa Family Collection, San Francisco
Private collection, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York and Tokyo, Christie's, Ruth Asawa: Line by Line, September-November 2015, pp. 118-121 (illustrated).

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“All my wire sculptures are made from the same loop. And there’s only one way to do it. The idea is to do it simply, and you end up with a shape. That shape comes out working with the wire. You don’t think ahead of time, this is what I want. You work on it as you go along. You make the line, a two-dimensional line, then you go into space, and you have a three-dimensional piece. It’s like a drawing in space” –Ruth Asawa

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