“With Ruth, Art is not just an idea, or something to be talked about. It’s experiential.” — Susan Stauter, Asawa’s friend and mentee
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Aurora. Photo by Randy Dodson © Fine Arts Museums of SF, Artwork 2021 RAL, Inc.
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Aurora photographed by grandson Hudson Cuneo. Photo and Artwork © 2021 RAL, Inc.
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Asawa at Latter Manufacturing assembling Aurora, 1985. Photo by Paul Glines. Artwork © 2021 RAL, Inc.
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Albert Lanier, Asawa’s husband, often made technical drawings for Asawa’s commissions. 1985. Courtesy Estate of Ruth Asawa
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Asawa teaching geometric patterns with milk cartons, c. 1981. Courtesy Estate of Ruth Asawa