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The story Ruth Asawa's bouquet drawings

The late American artist Ruth Asawa, whose work is currently the subject of a major, internationally touring retrospective, had a habit of drawing bouquets of flowers people gave her and then eventually returning the sketches to the bouquet-givers.

NPR’s Chloe Veltman reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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