Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa—a new biography of the artist’s life by Marilyn Chase—details how, lying on her deathbed a day after the record-breaking sale, the 87-year-old artist was accompanied by two of her daughters, Addie and Aiko, who broke the news to her by whispering in her ear, “Mama, you’re playing with the big boys now!” In the past decade, Asawa’s work has seen a near-meteoric rise in popularity.
Learn more on the website about Ruth Asawa.