Eva Hesse : sculpture / Elisabeth Sussman and Fred Wasserman ; with essays by Yve-Alain Bois, Mark Godfrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sussman, Elisabeth, 1939-

Contributor:

Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970.

Wasserman, Fred.

Bois, Yve-Alain

Godfrey, Mark (Mark Benjamin)

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970--Exhibitions.

Hesse, Eva.

Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970.

Exhibitions.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 177 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Jewish Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Eva Hesse: Sculpture focuses on the artist's large-scale sculptures in latex and fiberglass and provides a rare opportunity to look at Hesse's artistic achievement within the historical context of her life in never-before-seen family diaries and photographs. Essays consider Hesse's art from a variety of angles: the sculptures shown in the 1968 solo exhibition; an examination into the Hesse family's life in Nazi Germany and in the German Jewish community in New York in the 1940s; discussion of Hesse's works within the context of the art and aesthetic theories of the 1960s; and analysis of the importance of Hesse's celebrated hanging sculptures of 1969-70. In addition to color reproductions of the artist's sculpture, the book features a copiously illustrated chronology of the artist's life.

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Eva Hesse: Sculpture, organized by the Jewish Museum and presented from May 12 to September 17, 2006"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index.

ISBN:

0300114184

0873342003

OCLC:

63108397

Publisher Number:

9780300114188

9780873342001

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