Early abstract drawings by Eva Hesse, 1957-65
Eva Hesse, No title, 1964
Eva Hesse, No title, 1962
Eva Hesse, No title, 1964
Eva Hesse, No title, 1962
Eva Hesse, No title, 1963
Eva Hesse, No title, 1963-64
Eva Hesse, No title, 1963
Eva Hesse, No title, 1965
Eva Hesse, No title, 1965
Eva Hesse, No title, 1964 / Eva Hesse, 1963
“I should like to achieve free, spontaneous painting delineating a powerful, strong structured image.
One must be possible with the other. A difficult problem in itself, but one which I shall achieve.”
Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970)
Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) was a German-born American sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s.
Hesse’s early work (1960–65) consisted primarily of abstract drawings and paintings. She is better known for her sculptures and because of this, her drawings are often regarded as preliminary steps to her later work. However, she created most of her drawings as a separate body of work. She stated, “they were related because they were mine but they weren’t related in one completing the other.”
