Your cart is empty.
Your cart is empty.
This sheet of 20 US postage stamps honor Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa, who is best known for her intricate looped-wire sculptures. The 20 stamps feature two each of the ten designs, each featuring the artist’s signature wire sculptures, as well as a photograph of Asawa taken by Nat Farbman for Life magazine in 1954.
Born in rural California in 1926, Asawa is best known for her abstract sculptures, which challenge conventional notions of material and form. She first created the light transparent works in 1940s as a student at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. Asawa creatively uses the wire forms that interlock, expand, and contract, utilizing the economy and flexibility of a wire enclosing three-dimensional space. in addition to single-layered sculptures, she creates continuous or intersecting surfaces. Sensual and organic, these multilayered yet still transparent works created a dynamic interplay between interior and exterior surfaces.
Inspired by natural elements such as plants, snail shells, spiderwebs, insect wings and water droplets, Ruth Asawa transformed industrial material into transparent and seemingly weightless works of art that challenged traditional definitions of sculpture. When shown together, her sculptures can evoke an undersea domain, a magical upside-down world or an environment all their own. A tireless advocate of community-based arts education, she is also acclaimed for her drawings, paintings, prints and large public projects.
The selvage features a photograph of Asawa taken by Nat Farbman in 1954 for Life magazine.
The Ruth Asawa stamps are good for 1 oz domestic mail forever.
caminitokaren
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022
These have been so hard to find and they are very pricey on other websites. A beautiful tribute to a beautiful artist.
MM
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2021
These came in a plastic bag usually used for sending clothes. No reinforcements or card board to stop them from wrinkling. I spent double the face value to have nice stamps to send nice envelopes out and this is what I get.
nora
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2021
Stamps were unique and lovely
J. E. Meyer
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2021
I am so happy that the USPS decided to honor her and her work with a set of postage stamps!
clang
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2021
I like these stamps because they are more interesting and they give the artist a wide audience.
Ayesha
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2021
Loved how they look in person !
Darkstar
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021
I think that if you want something different from the norm, these are the stamps.
Jennelle
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2020
I was excited to see Ruth Asawa stamps! They are typical stamps.
Recommended Products
