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A life made by hand : the story of Ruth Asawa / Andrea D'Aquino.
Fine Arts Library NB237.A82 D37 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'Aquino, Andrea, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asawa, Ruth.
- Sculptors--California--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Sculptors.
- Women--Biography.
- Women.
- Asawa, Ruth--Juvenile literature.
- California.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "This lushly illustrated book 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. Delightful and substantial, this engaging title for young art lovers includes a page of teaching tools for parents and educators."--Publisher's website
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781616898366
- 1616898364
- OCLC:
- 1083152589
- Publisher Number:
- 99987197157
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