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$4,500

USA, c. 1950 woven copper wire 8½ w x 5¾ h in (22 x 15 cm)
Ruth Asawa attended Black Mountain College where she studied under Josef Albers and Buckminster Fuller. It was during these years that she developed her evocative crocheted wire forms. Asawa's work can be found in the collection of several institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This sculpture was in the personal collection of Irwin and Estelle Laverne. more


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Wright Auctions

Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions

Date:
2005-03-20

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$45,600

USA, c. 1960 woven copper wire 9 w x 56 h in (23 x 142 cm)
Ruth Asawa studied at Black Mountain College under Read more…


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Wright Auctions

Date:
2005-12-04


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$98,500

USA, c. 1952 iron wire 12 dia x 84 h in (30 x 213 cm)
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Date:
2010-06-08


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$23,125

Ruth Asawa 1926–2013

Untitled (S.364 Basket form)
1948-1949 copper wire 2¼ h x 6¼ dia in (6 x 16 Read more…


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Wright Auctions

Date:
2015-09-24


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$627,750

Ruth Asawa (American/Japanese, 1926-2013); Untitled, ca. 1958; Brass and galvanized steel wire; 61" x 12" x 12"; Provenance: Private Collection, Florida Note: Accompanied by letter Read more…


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Rago Auctions

Date:
2013-11-16


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$10,455

Ruth Asawa (American, 1926-2013) Untitled (Tree Form) Incised "Asawa" in the base. Bronze with green/gray patina mounted to a polished stone Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2015-01-23


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$905,000

Ruth Asawa 1926–2013

Untitled (S.386, Hanging, Five-Lobed, Multi-Layered, Interlocking Continuous Form Within a Form with Two Interior Spheres)
1965 Read more…


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Wright Auctions

Date:
2015-09-24


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$22,800

USA, 1995 cast bronze 12 w x 13 d x 6½ h in (30 x 33 x 17 cm)
An exceptional example of Asawa's Read more…


Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions

Date:
2006-12-03


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$31,200

USA, c. 1960 woven copper wire 19 w x 44 h in (48 x 112 cm)
An exceptional example of Asawa's hand-woven wire sculptures. Read more…


Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions

Date:
2006-03-28


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$73,800

Ruth Lanier Asawa (Japanese/American, b. 1926) Untitled, S.069/90 (Hanging single-lobed, five-layer continuous form within a form) , c. 1990 Stamped and numbered Read more…


Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2013-05-17


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$36,250

1955 copper wire 9 d x 23 dia in (23 x 58 cm)
provenance: Private collection, San Francisco


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Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions

Date:
2010-04-27