2020 First-Class Forever Stamps,Ruth Asawa: Asymmetrical Nine Interlocking Bubbles
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US #5508
2020 Untitled Sculpture From 1955, Different – 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: Ruth Asawa was a popular figure in the San Francisco area. In the 1960s, she became even more well known through public art projects.
Asawa’s first commission was a fountain in 1968. While many of her commissions were fountains, several were also reliefs and sculptures. The same year, she produced a large glass mosaic at Bethany Center Senior Housing in San Francisco. Titled Growth, the mosaic depicts a vivid sunburst of gold and yellow against a blue sky. Asawa also worked with school children to make a 16-foot relief at the Redding School.
Asaway’s most personal commissions were related to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Having been interned herself, she brought a strong emotional connection to these works. In 1994, she created the Japanese Internment Memorial. This bas relief contains three panels showing life before internment, life in the camps, and the 1988 formal apology. Another work is the Garden of Remembrance at San Francisco State University. Asawa arranged 10 large boulders to represent the different internment camps. She also placed a waterfall on one side to represent energy and renewal.
Asawa believed that it was important for art to be accessible to everyone. Her dramatic works in public places help make art a part of people’s daily lives.
US #5508
2020 Untitled Sculpture From 1955, Different – 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: Ruth Asawa was a popular figure in the San Francisco area. In the 1960s, she became even more well known through public art projects.
Asawa’s first commission was a fountain in 1968. While many of her commissions were fountains, several were also reliefs and sculptures. The same year, she produced a large glass mosaic at Bethany Center Senior Housing in San Francisco. Titled Growth, the mosaic depicts a vivid sunburst of gold and yellow against a blue sky. Asawa also worked with school children to make a 16-foot relief at the Redding School.
Asaway’s most personal commissions were related to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Having been interned herself, she brought a strong emotional connection to these works. In 1994, she created the Japanese Internment Memorial. This bas relief contains three panels showing life before internment, life in the camps, and the 1988 formal apology. Another work is the Garden of Remembrance at San Francisco State University. Asawa arranged 10 large boulders to represent the different internment camps. She also placed a waterfall on one side to represent energy and renewal.
Asawa believed that it was important for art to be accessible to everyone. Her dramatic works in public places help make art a part of people’s daily lives.