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Untitled
© The Estate of Eva Hesse. Hauser & Wirth Zürich London
Untitled
Untitled
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet

Untitled

by Eva Hesse
Artist (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.)
Classification
Countries
Credit LineInköp 1980 med bidrag från Moderna Museets Vänner
Object NumberMOMSK 51
CollectionsMaterialitet, Moderna Museets Vänner
The artwork is not on display
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 Sår:mellan demokrati och förlösning i samtida konst (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Objekt och kroppar i vila och rörelse (den 26 september 2015 - den 12 juni 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Hyllningar - Moderna Museets Vänner 50 år (2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Flyktpunkter / Vanishing Points: M. Bochner, T. Doyle, D. Graham, E. Hesse, S. LeWitt, R. Smithson, R. Vollmer (1984) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Wounds : image : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm 14/2 - 19/4 1998]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 1984 Bibliography Lippard, Lucy R., Eva Hesse, New York University Press 1976, ill. s 54, 68. Eva Hesse, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Hannover: Kestner Gesellschaft 1979, ill. s 6, 36. Barrette, Bill, Eva Hesse: Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1989, s 60-61. Cooper, Helen A.(red), Eva Hesse: A Retrospective, Yale University Press, USA 1992, ill. s 39, 215. Eva Hesse, Valencia: IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez 1993, ill.(färg) s 125. Sussman, Elisabeth (red.), Eva Hesse, San Francisco 2002, s 174.