Spring

1965

Ruth Asawa

Associated Names
Ruth Asawa

Artist, American, 1926 - 2013

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image shows an array of splattered shapes and lines creating an abstract composition. At the center is a large green splatter with radiating lines. Surrounding this are various other splashes and irregular circular forms in green and gray tones. The overall appearance suggests natural elements like moss or lichen.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (stone) in two greens and green-brown on white Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57 x 76.5 cm (22 7/16 x 30 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.18.186

More About this Artwork

This print shows a network of interlocking pink lines radiating from a central red point to form a circular pattern. The shapes resemble a vibrant, stylized flower or mandala against a white background. The branching lines get smaller and smaller as they reach the edge of the circle, and from slightly before then to the edge of the print the background is a bright, vibrant yellow.

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Verdant green fields roll in undulating waves back alongside a road in this horizontal landscape painting. The fields take up the left and center of the composition and are painted with thick, curling strokes of emerald, pea, and celery green, and corn yellow to suggest grasses and plants. The pale green road runs up along the right edge of the painting, and is layered with strokes and daubs in butter yellow, spring green, and faint blue. The fields and road meet the horizon line about halfway up the canvas, where an aquamarine-blue sky swirling with white and periwinkle-blue clouds fills the top half of the painting.

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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. 1474.

Inscriptions

lower right: TAM IMP ASAWA

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), Smith (T.41)

Wikidata ID

Q74040315

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