| LC control no. | n 86835007 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Asawa, Ruth |
| Variant(s) | Lanier, Ruth Asawa |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1926-01-24 |
| Death date | 2013-08-06 |
| Place of birth | Norwalk (Calif.) |
| Place of death | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Sculpture, American Arts--Study and teaching |
| Affiliation | Arts Commission of San Francisco Alvarado School Arts Workshop Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts |
| Profession or occupation | Sculptors Educators Artists |
| Found in | nuc86-32882: Her Ruth Asawa's San Francisco fountain, 1976 (hdg. on CSt rept.: Asawa, Ruth) LC data base, 6-19-86 (hdg.: Asawa, Ruth) Oral history interview with Ruth Asawa Lanier, 2002: p. ii (b. 1926 Norwalk, Calif to Umakichi and Haru Asawa; m. William Labert Lanier, 1948; has 6 children; artist: public commissions include Mermaid Fountain at Ghirardelli Square (1968) and Hyatt Fountain at Union Square (1973)) Artist's statement (signed: Ruth Asawa, August 14, 2001, San Francisco) OCLC, Sept. 8, 2003 (hdgs.: Asawa, Ruth; Asawa, Ruth, 1926- ; usage: Ruth Asawa) Los Angeles times WWW site, Aug. 8, 2013 (in obituary dated Aug. 7, 2013: Ruth Asawa; b. Jan. 24, 1926, Norwalk; settled in San Francisco in 1949; d. Tuesday [Aug. 6, 2013] at her home there; sculptor, arts advocate, educator; longtime member of the San Francisco Arts Commission; founder of the Alvarado School Arts Workshop, launched in 1968, and the Ruth Asawa San Francisco Sch. of the Arts, a public high school open since 1982) Ruth Asawa, 2018: title page (Ruth Asawa, David Zwirner Books) |
| Associated language | eng |
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