RUTH ASAWA | Untitled (S.371, Hanging Tied-Wire, Closed-Center, Multi-Branched Form Based on Nature)

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1965

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is a very light, scattered dust accumulation to the surface. Under extremely close inspection, there is some scattered, light oxidation visible. This work is accompanied by a copper tag.
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"I work in shapes that I can only do this way: If I feel that I can do it in plastic or in sheet metal, then I'm really not interested in repeating it. I'm interested in finding out what I can do that is unique to wire. So that none of these you could really do any other way." Ruth Asawa