Desert Flower

1965

Ruth Asawa

Artist, American, 1926 - 2013

Robert Evermon

Printer, American, born 1941

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black and white on wove Rives BFK paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.3 × 35.5 cm (13 7/8 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 51.2 × 51.2 cm (20 3/16 × 20 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.18.178

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tamarind, no. 1469II

More About this Artwork

Article:  Ruth Asawa’s Little-Known Experiment with Printmaking

Memorialized in stamps for her wire sculptures, the artist’s experiments with printmaking have been largely forgotten.

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

  • Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 1469.

Inscriptions

"Tam Imp. Asawa" recto, lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "1469" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Essai No IV" verso, lower right margin, black ballpoint pen, upside down, unknown hand.

Markings

[Bell] (Tamarind chop), lower left margin. [T with embellishments] (Robert Evermon printer chop), lower left margin.

Watermarks

"BFK [Rives]" lower left margin.

Wikidata ID

Q74040270

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