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Inside and Outside: Ruth Asawa's Masterwork

Ruth Asawa

Untitled (S.467, Hanging Four-Lobed Continuous Form with a Sphere in the Second Lobe)

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September 27, 07:30 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD

Lot Details

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Inside and Outside: Ruth Asawa's Masterwork

Ruth Asawa

1926 - 2013


Untitled (S.467, Hanging Four-Lobed Continuous Form with a Sphere in the Second Lobe)

oxidized copper and brass wire

57 by 15 by 15 in.

144.8 by 38.1 by 38.1 cm.

Executed in 1951.


The present work is accompanied by the artist's identifying tag and registered with Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. and the Estate of Ruth Asawa.


Please note, this work has been requested for inclusion in a forthcoming exhibition at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia to be held in 2026.

Please note, this work has been requested for inclusion in a forthcoming exhibition at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia to be held in 2026.

Vivian and Milton D. Burns, Eugene, Oregon (acquired directly from the artist in 1951)

Private Collection (by descent from the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

San Francisco, Joseph Magnin Company, 1960