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Untitled
Eva Hesse American, born Germany
Not on view
Hesse experimented with unconventional forms and materials, many of them subject to accelerated, yet wholly unintentional, decay. Before making a large sculpture, Hesse often created more diminutive, highly visceral objects like the ones seen here. She frequently gave these test pieces to friends, including Sol LeWitt, who described them as "studio leavings." Upon receiving this particular set, LeWitt displayed its constituent objects like delicacies, or specimens, in a glass pastry case. Untitled exemplifies Hesse’s commitment to variability and irresolution, hallmarks of the unfinished aesthetic of the 1960s.
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