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Untitled (P.022-I Chrysanthemum)

1974

Ruth Asawa

(American, 1926–2013)
Culture
America
Medium
Stencil duplicate in black ink on technical paper
Measurements
Sheet: 38.1 x 25.4 cm (15 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2023.125
Copyright
© Estate of Ruth Asawa
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Asawa once commented of drawing that “I had no intention of going into sculpture but found that [it] was just an extension of drawing.”

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. To create this untitled work, Asawa layered zipatone, an obsolete graphic design material, to translate the interest in forms within forms characteristic of her three-dimensional work.
A vertically oriented print depicts the flower of a chrysanthemum from above in black ink on cream paper. Outlines of tendril-like petals radiate from the center of the flower, gathering in denser layers of thin petals toward the center and singular, thicker petals waving around the edges of the flower.

Untitled (P.022-I Chrysanthemum)

1974

Ruth Asawa

(American, 1926–2013)
America

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