Untitled (ZP.12B, Two-Lobed, Looped-Wire Sculptural Form)

c. 1955–60

Ruth Asawa

(American, 1926–2013)

Culture

America

Medium

Screentone collage on paper

Measurements

Frame: 47.9 x 37.9 x 3.5 cm (18 7/8 x 14 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.); Sheet: 35.1 x 25.2 cm (13 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2023.124

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

Asawa borrowed technical paper—the material used as a support for this print—from her husband’s architectural practice.

Description

Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa is best known for her woven wire sculpture, but drawings and prints played an important role throughout her career. She created this print using stencil duplication, a technique that forces ink through a stencil onto paper when passed through a hand press. Asawa first learned the technique as a young girl in an internment camp and its ability to reverse and layer images continued to interest her for decades.