Ruth Asawa / Arthur Secunda (Exhibition Brochure)

Los Angeles: Ankrum Gallery, 1962. Small bump to foot of spine, with minor toning to margins of front panel; a near fine copy of a scarce document.. Bifolium brochure from a key exhibition in Ruth Asawa's career; her first show in Los Angeles, which gained praise in the inaugural issue of Artforum—"[Asawa's is] surely among the most original and satisfying new sculpture to have arisen in the western United States." Folded sheet of laid paper (9.75 x 6.5 inches), with loose leaf that reproduces b&w photos of two of her wire sculptures, which then-belonged to Philip Johnson and Norman Rockefeller. The front panel of the brochure is illustrated by a striking collage of her Doors and Sculpture. The Ankrum Gallery exhibition also featured work from Asawa's friend Arthur Secunda, with a color reproduction of one of his painting printed to the brochure's interior (Night Fiesta).