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Life mask of Joan Pearson Watkins
Ruth Asawa (American, 1926–2013)
1970
Object Place: TK
Medium/Technique
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 20.3 × 12.1 × 7.6 cm (8 × 4 3/4 × 3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Revocable Trust of Joan Pearson Watkins
Accession Number2018.3103
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsSculpture
InscriptionsTK
Provenance1970, gift of the artist to Joan Pearson Watkins (b. 1924 – d. 2013), of Tomales, California; March 14, 2014, ownership transferred to The Revocable Trust of Joan Pearson Watkins; 2018, gift of The Revocable Trust of Joan Pearson Watkins to the MFA. (Accession date: December 12, 2018)
NOTE:
Joan Pearson (later Joan Pearson Watkins) was the head of the Ceramic Department at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, 1951-1957.
NOTE:
Joan Pearson (later Joan Pearson Watkins) was the head of the Ceramic Department at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, 1951-1957.