Ruth Aiko Asawa was an American modernist artist known primarily for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, Asawa created an extensive body of works on paper, including abstract and figurative drawings and prints influenced by nature, particularly flowers and plants, and her immediate surroundings.
Asawa in 1952
Untitled (S.449, Hanging Three Lobed Form with Stripes and Two Interior Spheres) (c. 1958) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2022
Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco
Untitled (S.383, Wall-Mounted Tied Wire, Open-Center, Six-Pointed Star, with Six Branches), c. 1967.
Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 102,773 at the 2020 census.
Image: Norwalk Town Square Shopping Center sign in Norwalk California
Image: Norwalk City Hall, Norwalk, CA
Much of modern-day Norwalk was part of Rancho Los Cerritos, owned by Don Juan Temple.
Norwalk City Hall