Mother's Day flowers don't last, but these bouquet sketches live on

(PF.564), 1990; private collection. This bouquet, given to the artist around Mother's Day in May 1990 by her husband, Albert Lanier, was among the many Asawa sketched over the years.'/>

The late artist Ruth Asawa regularly drew the bouquets people gave her. Years later, some of the sketches made it back to those who gave flowers.

(Image credit: © 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier Inc., courtesy David Zwirner; photo: James Paonessa)

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