Untitled (S.043, Hanging Tied-Wire, Cubed Open-Center, Multi-Branched Form Based on Nature)
1994 · Patinated bronze wire
32 × 32 × 32" (81.3 × 81.3 × 81.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Ruth Asawa
1926–2013
WA-00008920
Norwalk, CA, USA
Representation
None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
64
Works in Collection
197
Assets Indexed
16
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
No image
Recent Sculpture U.S.A.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
Field Verification (8 fields)
5 cross-verified · 3 single-source
- DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
- WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
- BiographyAi Generated + Gallery Zwirner+2· 82%
- NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
- Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
Source Registry (5)
- ZwirnerTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Christies-ArtsyTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- SothebysTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- David-ZwirnerTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Artworks (64)
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Artwork sources (5)
64 published of 122 catalogued · 117 with image
- MoMA57 publishedof 114 catalogued114 img
- Whitney3 published
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published
- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
- + 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)
2 entries · 1 sources
- 1950 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1974 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images
20 assets
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Relationships
25Peers & Context18
Elizabeth Peytonco-exhibitedNeo Rauchco-exhibitedFranz Westco-exhibitedKatherine Bernhardtco-exhibitedNate Lowmanco-exhibitedAndy Warholco-exhibited
Institutional
Representation & Collections
Gallery
David Zwirner
In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Background
Education
Black Mountain College
Visual Arts · 1949
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Visual Arts
Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee
Visual Arts
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