Ruth Asawa
(1926-2013)
American artist
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Ruth Aiko Asawa (January 24, 1926 – August 5, 2013) was an American sculptor. Asawa's work is in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Fifteen of her wire sculptures are on permanent display in the tower of San Francisco's de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, and several of her fountains are located in public places in San Francisco. Asawa was an arts education advocate and the driving force behind the creation of the San Francisco School of the Arts, which was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010 in tribute to her.
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24 January 1926 Norwalk, California
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| Died |
6 August 2013 (aged 87) San Francisco, California, United States
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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