Ruth Asawa, Faces of San Francisco, Macy's Easter Show, 1982. Silastic, acrylic paint. Asawa made likenesses of (from left) Mayor Dianne Feinstein, Madam Sally Stanford, Senator S.I. Hayakawa, Assemblyman Willie Brown, singer Joan Baez, conductor Isaac Stern, and herself. In this picture, the "big heads" are displayed at Noe Courts, Asawa's neighborhood park.
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