Ruth Asawa
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Ruth Asawa was a Japanese American modernist sculptor renowned for her intricate looped-wire sculptures and public art, and for her advocacy for arts education.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ruth Asawa canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8895323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Asawa Context triple: [Black Mountain College, hadStudent, Ruth Asawa]
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A.
Patricia Skoglund
Patricia Skoglund is known as the first wife of American investment banker and philanthropist Peter G. Peterson.
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B.
Violet Oakley
Violet Oakley was an American muralist, illustrator, and stained-glass artist renowned for her large-scale public works and as one of the first prominent female mural painters in the United States.
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C.
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Nancy Reddin Kienholz is an American mixed-media and installation artist known for her collaborative, politically charged assemblage works with her husband, Ed Kienholz.
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D.
Bessie Breuer
Bessie Breuer was an American journalist, short story writer, and novelist associated with the Lost Generation, best known for her 1920s and 1930s fiction.
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E.
Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist and educator best known for her large-scale collaborative installations that celebrate women’s history and achievements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Asawa Target entity description: Ruth Asawa was a Japanese American modernist sculptor renowned for her intricate looped-wire sculptures and public art, and for her advocacy for arts education.
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A.
Patricia Skoglund
Patricia Skoglund is known as the first wife of American investment banker and philanthropist Peter G. Peterson.
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B.
Violet Oakley
Violet Oakley was an American muralist, illustrator, and stained-glass artist renowned for her large-scale public works and as one of the first prominent female mural painters in the United States.
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C.
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Nancy Reddin Kienholz is an American mixed-media and installation artist known for her collaborative, politically charged assemblage works with her husband, Ed Kienholz.
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D.
Bessie Breuer
Bessie Breuer was an American journalist, short story writer, and novelist associated with the Lost Generation, best known for her 1920s and 1930s fiction.
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E.
Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist and educator best known for her large-scale collaborative installations that celebrate women’s history and achievements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arts educator
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modernist artist ⓘ person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
arts education in public schools
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integration of arts into core curriculum ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
bronze
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paper ⓘ wire ⓘ |
| basedIn |
San Francisco, California, United States
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linked to:
San Francisco, California
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-01-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-08-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Black Mountain College
ⓘ
Milwaukee State Teachers College ⓘ
linked to:
Milwaukee State Normal School
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese American ⓘ |
| experience | Japanese American internment during World War II ⓘ |
| familyName | Asawa ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
arts education
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public art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| founded | Alvarado School Arts Workshop ⓘ |
| fullName | Ruth Aiko Asawa ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Ruth ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| honoredBy |
United States Postal Service commemorative stamps
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linked to:
United States postage stamps
|
| inspiredBy | Mexican basket-making techniques ⓘ |
| memberOf | San Francisco Arts Commission ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for arts education
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looped-wire sculptures ⓘ public fountains in San Francisco ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Buchanan Mall Fountain
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Hyatt on Union Square fountain (San Francisco Fountain) ⓘ Japanese American Internment Memorial (San Jose) ⓘ Sculpture installations at Ghirardelli Square ⓘ |
| occupation |
arts activist
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sculptor ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Norwalk, California, United States
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linked to:
Norwalk, California
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| placeOfDeath |
San Francisco, California, United States
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linked to:
San Francisco, California
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| spouse | Albert Lanier ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Buckminster Fuller
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Josef Albers ⓘ |
| style | organic abstract forms ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts naming ⓘ |
| wasInternedAt |
Rohwer War Relocation Center
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Santa Anita Assembly Center ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Ruth Asawa Description of subject: Ruth Asawa was a Japanese American modernist sculptor renowned for her intricate looped-wire sculptures and public art, and for her advocacy for arts education.
Referenced by (17)
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