Exhibition Tour: Ruth Asawa Through Line Sept 16, 2023–Jan 14, 2024

Exhibition Tour: Ruth Asawa Through Line

Sept 16, 2023–Jan 14, 2024

Intricate folds in paper with bold black and white stripes create a three dimensional structure expanding and contracting into an overall vertical leaf-shape that hangs against the wall.
Intricate folds in paper with bold black and white stripes create a three dimensional structure expanding and contracting into an overall vertical leaf-shape that hangs against the wall.

Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.691, Wall-Mounted Paperfold with Horizontal Stripes), 1951. Ink on paper, 69 1/2 × 29 × 2 1/4 in. (171.5 × 73.7 × 5.7 cm). Private collection. ©️ Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Floor 8

Gallery tours through the Whitney’s current exhibitions are offered each day. Tours are free with Museum admission. No reservations are necessary, but capacity is limited to twenty people on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours meet in the galleries. 

Times and locations are subject to change or cancellation. Please confirm daily tour times on our calendar.


On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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