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Date1964

Maker Eva Hesse American, (born in Germany), 1936 - 1970

Object number2014.25.30

ProvenanceGift of the artist to Manfred Tischer, Düsseldorf, Germany; [Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany, December 7, 1988, lot no. 432]; purchased from auction by private German collector; [Christie’s, London, “Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale,” February 5, 2003, lot no. 6]; purchased at auction by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryMunich, Germany, Galerie Barbara Gross, Eva Hesse 1936 - 1970, Sept. 10 - Nov. 11, 1993. Ulm, Germany, Ulmer Museum, Eva Hesse. Drawing in Space - Bilder und Reliefs, Mar. 27 - May 23 1994 (Munster, Germany, Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Aug. - Oct. 1994). Text by Brigitte Reinhardt. No cat. no., reproudced p. 140. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5, 2007 - Sept. 9, 2007. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Elles: SAM - Singular Works by Seminal Women Artists, Oct. 6, 2012 - Feb. 17, 2013. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Big Picture: Art After 1945, July 23, 2016 - May 16, 2021.Published ReferencesMuller-Muhlis, R. “Spektrum des 20. Jahrhunderts.” In, Handelsblatt, No. 180, 17/18 September 1993: reproduced p. G5. Spohn, Annette. "‘I will paint against every rule I or others have invisibly placed’: Eva Hesse, 28, October, 1960: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde von Eva Hesse." PhD diss., Freie Universität, 1997, pp. 394-96. Renate, Petzinger. Eva Hesse: Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006; cat. no. P 126, p. 282, reproduced p. 283.

Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions61 x 41 1/2 in. (154.9 x 105.4 cm)

MediumOil on canvas