What would you do if your father was taken from you? This was a reality that artist Ruth Asawa knew all too well. Swipe to uncover her story ➡️ #ArtUncovered . . . . 📷 Mimi Jacobs. Ruth Asawa, 1973. [Photographs of artists taken by Mimi Jacobs, photographer], 1971-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution 📷 Umakichi and Haru Asawa © 1965 Imogen Cunningham Trust 📷 Ruth Asawa internment camp ID, 1943. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the children of Ruth Asawa 📷 Ruth Asawa at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, 1965. Courtesy Tamarind Institute and University of New Mexico Libraries, Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR #000-574-0832). 📷 Ruth Asawa, Tamarind Institute, four lithographs titled Umakichi, 1965. Artwork © 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner #news #art #history #ww2 #wwii #family