Artist Monograph

Ruth Asawa, American

American, 1926–2013

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	55	96.5%
Sculpture	1	1.8%
Drawing	1	1.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	56	98.2%
Painting & Sculpture	1	1.8%

Production by Decade

1940s

1960s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 54
Sculpture — 1
Drawing — 1
Portfolio — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	21	36.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	33	57.9%
Large (1–3 m)	3	5.3%

Range: 18.4 cm → 115.6 cm (largest side)

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 57 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (BMC.145, BMC Laundry Stamp) Drawing Acc. 323.2018	c. 1948–49	Stamped ink on fabric sheeting	sheet (unfolded): 36 3/4 × 45 1/2" (93.3 × 115.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Joshua and Filipa Fink
Aiko (TAM.1473) Print Acc. 1599.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 20 3/16 x 12 3/16" (51.2 x 31 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 x 22 7/16" (56 x 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Babies (TAM.1484) Print Acc. 1612.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 1/8 × 23 1/16" (43.5 × 58.5 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 30" (56.7 × 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Bud (TAM.1566) Print Acc. 1627.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 10 3/8 × 9 1/8" (26.3 × 23.1 cm); sheet: 11 1/16 × 10 1/16" (28.1 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Chair (TAM.1558-II) Print Acc. 1625.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 41 5/16 × 29 13/16" (105 × 75.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Chair (TAM.1558) Print Acc. 1624.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 41 3/8 × 29 13/16" (105.1 × 75.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Chrysanthemums (TAM.1477-II) Print Acc. 1607.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 3/8" (76.1 × 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Chrysanthemums (TAM.1477-III) Print Acc. 1608.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 1/8 × 22" (53.7 × 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Chrysanthemums (TAM.1477) Print Acc. 1606.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 7/16" (76.4 × 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Colophon (TAM.1572 from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.12	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 7 1/4 × 6 7/8" (18.4 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Desert Flower (TAM.1460-II) Print Acc. 1591.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 7/16 × 17 1/2" (44.3 × 44.4 cm); sheet: 18 9/16 × 18 9/16" (47.1 × 47.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Desert Flower (TAM.1469-II) Print Acc. 1593.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 × 27 11/16" (55.9 × 70.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Desert Flower (TAM.1469-III) Print Acc. 1594.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 20 5/16 × 26 1/16" (51.6 × 66.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Desert Flower (TAM.1469) Print Acc. 1592.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 20 × 20 1/16" (50.8 × 50.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Desert Plant (TAM.1460) Print Acc. 1590.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 17 13/16 × 17 15/16" (45.3 × 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Faces (TAM.1490) Print Acc. 1620.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 20 15/16" (43 × 53.2 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 × 24 15/16" (51 × 63.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Flowers Portfolio Acc. 1632.1967.1-12	1965	Portfolio of 12 lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Fritz and Larry (TAM.1567) Print Acc. 1628.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 10 1/16 × 8 1/16" (25.6 × 20.4 cm); sheet: 11 1/16 × 9 7/8" (28.1 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Haru (TAM.1485) Print Acc. 1613.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 23 7/8 × 19 7/16" (60.7 × 49.3 cm); sheet: 27 5/8 × 20 15/16" (70.1 × 53.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Henry and Adam (TAM.1568) Print Acc. 1629.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 10 13/16 × 9 7/8" (27.5 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Hudson (TAM.1565) Print Acc. 1626.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 9 7/8 × 9 9/16" (25.1 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Nasturtiums (TAM.1557) Print Acc. 1623.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 1/2 × 30 1/16" (57.2 × 76.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Nude (TAM.1489-II) Print Acc. 1619.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 24 1/2 × 36 1/8" (62.2 × 91.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Nude (TAM.1489) Print Acc. 1618.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 24 13/16 × 36" (63.1 × 91.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Owl (TAM.1486) Print Acc. 1614.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 24 3/16 × 35 5/16" (61.4 × 89.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Owl II (TAM.1491) Print Acc. 1621.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 20 7/8 × 30" (53 × 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Paul (TAM.1569, Paul Lanier with Homemade Puppets) Print Acc. 1630.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 10 13/16 × 9 5/8" (27.5 × 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Pigeons on Cobblestones (TAM.1478) Print Acc. 1610.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 23 1/4 × 35 3/16" (59 × 89.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Plane Tree (TAM.1470) Print Acc. 1595.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 19 1/8 × 25" (48.5 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Plane Tree Reversal (TAM.1470A) Print Acc. 1596.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 24 9/16 × 31 15/16" (62.4 × 81.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Plane Trees (TAM.1471) Print Acc. 1597.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 19 × 25" (48.2 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Plane Trees II (TAM.1472) Print Acc. 1598.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 1/16" (56.9 × 76.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Poppy (TAM.1479) Print Acc. 1609.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/16 × 20 9/16" (76.4 × 52.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Spring (TAM.1474) Print Acc. 1600.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 7/16 × 29 15/16" (57 × 76.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Succulents (TAM.1475) Print Acc. 1601.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 1/16" (50.5 × 38.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Title page (TAM.1571, from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.1	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 10 13/16" (27.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Umakichi (TAM.1476-II) Print Acc. 1603.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 3/8 × 13" (56.8 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Umakichi (TAM.1476-III) Print Acc. 1604.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 23 1/4 × 20 1/8" (59.1 × 51.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Umakichi (TAM.1476-IV) Print Acc. 1605.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 1/2 × 20 1/16" (75 × 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Umakichi (TAM.1476) Print Acc. 1602.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 1/2 × 20 3/8" (57.2 × 51.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1480, Succulent from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.2	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 9 15/16 × 10 5/16" (25.2 × 26.2 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1481, Succulent from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.3	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 4 3/4 × 8 9/16" (12.1 × 21.7 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1482, Calla Lilies) Print Acc. 1611.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition: 10 9/16 × 9 3/16" (26.9 × 23.4 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/16" (28.2 × 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1483, Marigolds from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.4	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 7 3/16 × 8 1/8" (18.3 × 20.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1487-II, Blue and Purple Wash) Print Acc. 1616.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 20 × 26 5/8" (50.8 × 67.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1487, Black Wash) Print Acc. 1615.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 15/16 × 25 7/16" (50.7 × 64.6 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 26 3/4" (50.7 × 67.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1488, Pink) Print Acc. 1617.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 3/16 × 35 3/16" (56.3 × 89.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1492, Iris from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.5	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 10 13/16 × 6 15/16" (27.5 × 17.7 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1493, Hydrangea from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.6	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 7 5/16 × 7 9/16" (18.6 × 19.2 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1494, Three Hydrangeas) Print Acc. 1622.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 7 1/2 × 8 1/4" (19 × 20.9 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 × 11 1/4" (28.5 × 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1535, Hydrangea from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.7	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 5 3/8 × 7 3/8" (13.6 × 18.7 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1559, Poppy Maroon from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.8	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 10 1/2 × 7 7/8" (26.6 × 20 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1560, Desert Plant from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.9	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 10 13/16" (26.1 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.2 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1561, Hydrangea Blue from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.10	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition and sheet: 11 3/16 × 11 5/16" (28.4 × 28.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (TAM.1562, Iris Blue from the portfolio Flowers) Print Acc. 1632.1967.11	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition and sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/8" (28.3 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Xavier (TAM.1570) Print Acc. 1631.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 9 1/16 × 8 7/16" (23 × 21.5 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 × 9 5/8" (27.7 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled (S.043, Hanging Tied-Wire, Cubed Open-Center, Multi-Branched Form Based on Nature) Sculpture Acc. 442.2025	c. 1994	Patinated bronze wire	32 × 32 × 32" (81.3 × 81.3 × 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Joan H. Tisch (by exchange)