Ruth Asawa
Desert Star (P.004, Tied wire tree with asymmetrical five pointed star in center branching to an enclosed square)
Artist
Ruth Asawa(American, 1926–2013)American, 1926–2013
Print studio
Tea Lautrec Litho(San Francisco)San Francisco
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Desert Star (P.004, Tied wire tree with asymmetrical five pointed star in center branching to an enclosed square)
Date1987
MediumOffset lithograph on coated wove paper, from the edition of 300
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (19.1 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (21.6 × 21.6 cm)
Frame (inner): 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (31.8 × 31.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 13 1/4 × 13 1/4 × 1 5/16 in. (33.7 × 33.7 × 3.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (21.6 × 21.6 cm)
Frame (inner): 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (31.8 × 31.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 13 1/4 × 13 1/4 × 1 5/16 in. (33.7 × 33.7 × 3.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Francis L. Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer, at Art + Paper 2021
Object number2021.90
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Line into Space," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dec. 11, 2021-July 11, 2022 [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 312: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below matrix, bottom right corner: ASAWA 5.9.87 ©
Chopmark, within matrix, bottom right corner: [Artist’s own chop of a concentric labyrinth design] (See Fig. 1)
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