objects

Artist <n>Ruth Asawa</n> with a looped-wire sculpture, 1957. Photo by <n>Imogen Cunningham</n>.

<n>Pablo Picasso</n> creates a light drawing of a <n>Minotaur</n> in Vallauris, France, 1949. Photo by <n>Gjon Mili</n>.

Artist <n>Ruth Asawa</n> with her wire sculptures in her studio, c. 1957. Photo by <n>Imogen Cunningham</n>.

Art collector <n>Peggy Guggenheim</n> with <n>Alexander Calder</n>'s mobile, <n>Arc of Petals</n>, c. 1960s.

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> creates a light drawing of a centaur in this 1949 photograph by <n>Gjon Mili</n>.

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> creates a light drawing in 1949, photographed by <n>Gjon Mili</n> for <n>LIFE Magazine</n>.

Artist <n>Yayoi Kusama</n> with her <n>Infinity Net paintings</n> in her New York studio, c. 1961.

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> creates a <n>Light Drawing</n> in a 1949 photograph by <n>Gjon Mili</n> for <n>LIFE magazine</n>.

Artist <n>Pablo Picasso</n> creates a light drawing in a 1949 photograph by <n>Gjon Mili</n> for <n>LIFE Magazine</n>.