Installation: Ruth Asawa: Untitled (S.272)
October 7, 2024 @ 8:00 am - February 28, 2026 @ 5:00 pm
$20
An iconic work by a beloved and influential Bay Area artist, Untitled (S.272) is a nine-foot-tall hanging sculpture composed of looped copper and iron wire, created in the mid-1950s by Ruth Asawa (American, 1926–2013). This second installation in the Fang Family Launchpad is a masterful example of the suspended, abstract works of looped wire for which Asawa is best known. Its airy interior and exterior spaces flow seamlessly into one another, using organic lines that evoke shapes found in nature — including the human body — while also suggesting a gently undulating movement.
Museum Hours:
Thu:
1 PM – 8 PM
Fri–Mon:
10 AM–5 PM
Tue–Wed:
Closed
Photo: Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.272, Hanging Seven-Lobed Continuous Interlocking Form with Spheres in Two Lobes), approx. 1954. Copper and iron wire. © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Kevin Candland. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.