Ruth Asawa

October 18, 2026 – January 10, 2027

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October 16, 2026

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Ruth Asawa amidst several of her looped-wire sculptures, November 1954.

Photo: Nat Farbman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock Artwork © 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., Courtesy David Zwirner

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Untitled (S.407, Hanging Five-Lobed Continuous Form within a Form with Spheres in the Second and Third Lobes), ca. 1952

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: David Zwirner Gallery

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Untitled (S.433, Hanging Nine Open Hyperbolic Shapes Joined Laterally), ca. 1958

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Laurence Cuneo

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Untitled (S.089, Hanging Asymmetrical Twelve Interlocking Bubbles), 1957

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Dan Bradica

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Untitled (S.161, Hanging Two-Sectioned, Reversible Open-Window Form), 1998

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Laurence Cuneo

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Untitled (S.030, Hanging Eight Separate Cones Suspended through Their Centers), ca. 1952

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: David Zwirner Gallery

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Untitled (S.161, Hanging Two-Sectioned, Reversible Open-Window Form), 1998

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Laurence Cuneo

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Untitled (S.238, Wall-Mounted Tied- Wire, Open-Center, Five-Petaled Form Based on Nature), mid to late 1970s

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Laurence Cuneo

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Untitled (S.464, Hanging Tied-Wire, Double-Sided, Center-Tied, Multi- Branched Form Based on Nature), ca. 1963

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

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Untitled (PT.097, Sycamore Grove with Large Tree in the Foreground), 1962

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: James Paonessa

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Ruth Asawa Untitled (WC.070, Chrysanthemums Silhouette in Blue), 1960s

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: James Paonessa

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Nasturtiums (TAM.1557), 1965

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence

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Untitled (PF.151, Ginkgo Leaves on Three Branches), ca. 1995

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: James Paonessa

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Poppy (TAM.1479), 1965

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner Photo: Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence

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Untitled (WC.003, Cherries in a Bowl), mid-1980s to early 1990s

© 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner

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