Ruth asawa drawing

Kim Conaty, Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints

"I studied drawing and painting and we were encouraged to use whatever we could find. Since we didn’t have anything to work with, we worked with the

Mervin Lane by Ruth Asawa 1947. A work from the collections of the de Young and Legion of Honor museums of San Francisco, CA.

In 1946, the twenty year old artist Ruth Asawa entered the renowned, experimental Black Mountain College, where she studied for three years under mentors such as Josef Albers, Merce Cunningham and Buckminster Fuller. Born in California to Japanese immigrants, Asawa spent her childhood working on her family’s farm, until 1942, when the entire Asawa family

Ruth Asawa: Through Line – The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

The artist is best-known for her elaborate wire sculptures but a new exhibition at the Whitney highlights her lesser-known drawings

Ruth Asawa. Untitled from Flowers. 1965. One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon). composition (irreg.): 7 3/16 × 8 1/8" (18.3 × 20.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm). Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., Los Angeles. Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., Los Angeles. Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co. 1632.1967.4. © Estate of Ruth Asawa. Portfolio. Drawings & Prints

Ruth Asawa. Henry and Adam. 1965. Lithograph. composition and sheet: 10 13/16 × 9 7/8" (27.5 × 25.1 cm). Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., Los Angeles. Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., Los Angeles. Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co. 1629.1967. © Estate of Ruth Asawa. Associated Work. Drawings & Prints

Asawa, who died at 87 in 2013, was known for her intricate wire sculptures. She learned to draw in a World War II internment camp for Japanese-Americans.