© The Estate of Eva Hesse. Hauser & Wirth Zürich London
Accession II
Eva Hesse(American, 1936-1970)
“I like this work because from the outside it looks like a simple, metal box, but the interior is much more complex -- it's filled with thousands of short tubes that create an interesting texture. And this sculpture is even more impressive when you imagine the amount of time it took the artist to attach each tube by hand. I have the urge to touch it every time I see it.”
Holly Harman, Interpretive Specialist
- Date
- 1968 (1969)
- Medium
- Galvanized steel and vinyl
- Dimensions
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30 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 30 3/4 in.
78.1 x 78.1 x 78.1 cm
- Department
- Contemporary Art after 1950
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Credit
- Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund and Miscellaneous Gifts Fund
- Accession No.
- 79.34
- Provenance
- Collection of the artist
Fischbach Gallery, New York (dealer)
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, before 1970
Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York (dealer)
Collection of Detroit Institute of Arts, 1979
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