Vertiginous Detour

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Eva Hesse

  • Bio: American, b. Hamburg, Germany, 1936 - 1970
  • School: American Post-Minimal Sculpture

Provenance

(Fourcade Droll, New York, to 10 July 1972)
(Victor and Sally Ganz, New York, from 10 July 1972)
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, to October 1988
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1988

Exhibition History

THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. Eva Hesse: A Memorial Exhibition, 7 December 1972-11 February 1973, no. 10, ill. (Did not tour, shown in NY only.)

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Recent Acquisitions: 1986-1988, 15 March-14 May 1989 (checklist, no cat.)

YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, New Haven, Connecticut. Eva Hesse: A Retrospective, 22 April-2 August 1992, plate 94, p. 220. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, 14 October 1992-10 January 1993.

Published References

LIPPARD, LUCY. Eva Hesse (New York: New York University Press, 1976): no. 26, p. 224, fig. 78, p. 60, ill.

BARRETTE, BILL. Eva Hesse, Sculpture (New York: Timken, 1989): no. 28, ill.

CHRISTIES. The Collection of Victor and Sally Ganz (Sale catalogue, New York: 10 November 1997): fig. 2, p. 30, fig. 1, p. 80.

ROSENZWEIG, PHYLLIS. "Eva Hesse," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996): 128, ill. p. 129.


Eva Hesse

Vertiginous Detour, (1966) Acrylic and polyurethane on rope, net, and papier-mâché
diameter of ball: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); length of rope:
approx. 154 in. (391 cm)

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1988

Accession Number: 88.24

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