Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)
Lot 665 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION

Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)

Untitled (S.513, Hanging Two Interlocking Hat Forms with Undulating Brims)

Closed16 November 2018

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Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)
Untitled (S.513, Hanging Two Interlocking Hat Forms with Undulating Brims)
hanging sculpture—copper wire
13 x 16 x 16 in. (33 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1950s.

Asawa Family Collection, San Francisco
Private collection, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“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