Untitled
by Eva Hesse
Artist
Eva Hesse
(USA, 1936 - 1970)
Alternate Title
- Utan titel
Date1965
MediumPainted cord wrapped around plastic tubing and ring in wood and metall
Dimensions262 x 81,5 x 18 cm (103 1/8 in.)
ClassificationSculptures
Credit LinePurchase 1980 with contribution from The Friends of Moderna Museet
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:14
Object NumberMOMSK 51
CollectionsModerna Museets Vänner, Materialitet
About the artworkA long, bendy plastic tube hangs limply through a circle made of the same material. Both tubes are expertly wrapped in thick rope. The closed circle contrasts with a hanging tube, and the work resembles a drawing in the air. Like most of Eva Hesse’s works, this piece is characterised by contradiction and hesitation. Despite its pronounced minimalist aesthetic, the simple and reduced design has a human imprint. As the artist puts it: "I wanted to get to non art, non connotive, non anthropomorphic, non geometric, non, nothing, everything, but of another kind, vision, sort." Eva Hesse’s career only lasted for a few years; she died of a brain tumour in 1970.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sår:mellan demokrati och förlösning i samtida konst (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Hyllningar - Moderna Museets Vänner 50 år (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Flyktpunkter / Vanishing Points: M. Bochner, T. Doyle, D. Graham, E. Hesse, S. LeWitt, R. Smithson, R. Vollmer (1984) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Objekt och kroppar i vila och rörelse (den 26 september 2015 - den 12 juni 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Wounds : text : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm 14/2 - 19/4 1998]Flyktpunkter : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 14 april - 27 maj 1984Wounds : image : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm 14/2 - 19/4 1998]
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sår:mellan demokrati och förlösning i samtida konst (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Hyllningar - Moderna Museets Vänner 50 år (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Flyktpunkter / Vanishing Points: M. Bochner, T. Doyle, D. Graham, E. Hesse, S. LeWitt, R. Smithson, R. Vollmer (1984) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Objekt och kroppar i vila och rörelse (den 26 september 2015 - den 12 juni 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Wounds : text : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm 14/2 - 19/4 1998]Flyktpunkter : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 14 april - 27 maj 1984Wounds : image : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm 14/2 - 19/4 1998]