A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa

Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) was an influential and award-winning sculptor, a beloved figure in the Bay Area art world, and a devoted activist who advocated tirelessly for arts education. This picture book biography by collage artist Andrea D'Aquino brings Asawa's creative journey to life, detailing the influence of her childhood in a farming family, and her education at Black Mountain College where she pursued an experimental course of education with leading avant-garde artists and thinkers such as Anni and Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham, and Robert Rauschenberg.

• Author
• Andrea D'Aquino

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 40

• Publisher
• Princeton Architectural Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781616898366

• Genres
• biography, art, childrens, juvenile, history, cultural

• Release date
• 2019