2020 First-Class Forever Stamps,Ruth Asawa: Hanging Five Spiraling Columns of Open Windows
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US #5505
2020 Untitled Sculpture From 1959 – Ruth Asawa
- One of 10 stamps picturing different wire sculptures by Japanese- American artist Ruth Asawa
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ruth Asawa
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: August 13, 2020
First Day City: San Francisco, California
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa and her contributions to the art and education worlds.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph by Dan Bradica and Laurence Cuneo of a Ruth Asawa wire sculpture.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The First Day of Issue postmark was from San Francisco, California, home to the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.
About the Ruth Asawa set: Includes 10 stamps picturing photographs by Dan Bradica and Laurence Cuneo of different Ruth Asawa wire sculptures. The set celebrates Asawa’s art as well as her contributions to the field of education. It also honors the hardships she endured as a Japanese-American US citizen during and after World War II.
History the stamp represents: Attending Black Mountain College was one of the most formative experiences of Ruth Asawa’s life. She had gone to the school with a love of drawing, but left with a transformed outlook on the interconnectivity of art and life.
Black Mountain College was an experimental school. There were no course requirements and degrees were not awarded. But the students and teachers worked the school’s grounds. They farmed, cooked, and built buildings. Students and teachers worked together, both in class and out, creating a close-knit community. While Asawa was used to farm work, this intermingling of art and daily chores was new to her. She carried these practices with her the rest of her life.
Another aspect of the school that had a deep impact on Asawa was the encouragement to use everyday items in art. While she originally saw herself as a drawer and painter, she found great joy in creating sculptures out of objects like egg shells, leaves, and wire. Asawa would go on to spend much of her career crafting intricate wire sculptures.
Asawa fondly recalled that the school taught her “there is no separation between studying, performing the daily chores of living, and creating one’s own work… Through them I cam to undersand the total commitment required to be an artist.”
US #5505
2020 Untitled Sculpture From 1959 – Ruth Asawa
- One of 10 stamps picturing different wire sculptures by Japanese- American artist Ruth Asawa
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ruth Asawa
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: August 13, 2020
First Day City: San Francisco, California
Quantity Issued: 18,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa and her contributions to the art and education worlds.
About the stamp design: Pictures a photograph by Dan Bradica and Laurence Cuneo of a Ruth Asawa wire sculpture.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The First Day of Issue postmark was from San Francisco, California, home to the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.
About the Ruth Asawa set: Includes 10 stamps picturing photographs by Dan Bradica and Laurence Cuneo of different Ruth Asawa wire sculptures. The set celebrates Asawa’s art as well as her contributions to the field of education. It also honors the hardships she endured as a Japanese-American US citizen during and after World War II.
History the stamp represents: Attending Black Mountain College was one of the most formative experiences of Ruth Asawa’s life. She had gone to the school with a love of drawing, but left with a transformed outlook on the interconnectivity of art and life.
Black Mountain College was an experimental school. There were no course requirements and degrees were not awarded. But the students and teachers worked the school’s grounds. They farmed, cooked, and built buildings. Students and teachers worked together, both in class and out, creating a close-knit community. While Asawa was used to farm work, this intermingling of art and daily chores was new to her. She carried these practices with her the rest of her life.
Another aspect of the school that had a deep impact on Asawa was the encouragement to use everyday items in art. While she originally saw herself as a drawer and painter, she found great joy in creating sculptures out of objects like egg shells, leaves, and wire. Asawa would go on to spend much of her career crafting intricate wire sculptures.
Asawa fondly recalled that the school taught her “there is no separation between studying, performing the daily chores of living, and creating one’s own work… Through them I cam to undersand the total commitment required to be an artist.”