When Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) died in August, 2013, the obituaries that appeared in newspapers and magazines across the US characterized her life’s work with a diverse array of descriptors. In the pages of the New York Times, she was an “artist who wove wire.” In the Los Angeles Times, a “California sculptor.” In an article appearing in the SFGate, she was “overlooked.” And according to Art+Auction, she had enjoyed a “late, meteoric rise from obscurity.”
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