Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape $3 Bill Terracotta Vessel

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Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape $3 Bill Terracotta VesselSam Nakahira Brave, unconventional, and determined, Ruth Asawa let nothing stop her from living a life intertwined with art. Renowned for her innovative wire sculptures, Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (19262013) was a teenager in Southern California when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II. Japanese Americans on the West Coast were forced into camps. Asawas family had to abandon their farm, her father was