Eva Hesse

[German-born American Minimalist Painter and Sculptor, 1936-1970]

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Original works by Eva Hesse available for purchase at art galleries worldwide

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Hang Up

Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Vertiginous Detour, 1966

Museum of Modern Art, New York City
3 works by Eva Hesse online

Eva Hesse at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Test Piece for "Contingent", 1969

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Contingent

New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Untitled, color woodcut

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio
Laocoön

Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio
Untitled, drawing

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine (Zoomable)   NEW!
Untitled, 1964

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
5 works by or related to the artist

Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, Switzerland
Ingeminate, 1965

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Eva Hesse in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

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Right After

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.

Tate Gallery, London, UK

The Jewish Museum, New York City
Images from a 2006 exhibition

The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago
Information about a 1982 exhibition

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Sans II, 1968

Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

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"Sticks and Stones and Lemon Cough Drops"

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The Legend's Burden: Eva Hesse

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Minimalism with a Human Face: Eva Hesse

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