Eva Hesse Sold at Auction Prices

Eva Hesse: Untitled

Eva Hesse (Hamburg 1936 - 1970 New York) Untitled Collage, Gouache, Aquarell und Bleistift auf festem Velin / Collage, gouache, watercolour and pencil on firm wove paper 1965 46x32,5 cm / 46x32.5 cm Signatur / Signature Mitte rechts von der Künstlerin signiert und datiert "E Hesse 1965" Signed and dated "E Hesse 1965" by the artist centre right Provenienz / Provenance Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, Inv. Nr. C 201, dort am 20. Juli 1988 erworben von Privatsammlung Schweiz Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, inv. no. C 201, acquired there on 20 July 1988 from Private collection Switzerland Ausstellungen / Exhibitions Ulm 1994, Ulmer Museum, Eva Hesse: Drawing in Space - Bilder und Reliefs, Abb. S. 56 Münster 1994, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Eva Hesse Winterthur 2006, Kunstmuseum, Plane/Figure: Works on Paper. Amerikanische Kunst aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen und aus dem Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Kat. Nr. 80 Ulm 1994, Ulm Museum, Eva Hesse: Drawing in Space - Bilder und Reliefs, ill. p. 56 Münster 1994, Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Eva Hesse Winterthur 2006, Museum of Art, Plane/Figure: Works on Paper. Amerikanische Kunst aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen und aus dem Kunstmuseum Winterthur, cat. no. 80 Zustand / Condition Farbfrisch und in tadelloser Erhaltung. Das Papier von der Künstlerin aus zwei Bögen zusammengefügt In impeccable condition and fresh in colour. The paper assembled by the artist from two sheets Erläuterungen / Comments 1961 heiratete Eva Hesse den Bildhauer Tom Doyle und verbrachte mit ihm 1964/1965 ein Jahr beim Sammlerehepaar Friedrich und Isabel Arnhard Scheidt in Kettwig an der Ruhr bei Essen. Während ihres Atelieraufenthalts in deren Textilfabrik fand Eva Hesse in den verlassenen Fabrikationshallen Materialen, die sie zu einer intensiven Auseinandersetzung mit plastischen Arbeiten inspirierten. Diese Werke sollten Hesse 1965 nach ihrer Rückkehr nach New York weit herum bekannt machen. In ihren parallel dazu entstandenen Zeichnungen sind zahlreiche Elemente angelegt, die sie später für ihre unkonventionellen Installationen und Objekte einsetzte. Das hier angebotene, in einer ausgeklügelten Mischtechnik umgesetzte Blatt zeigt meisterhaft ihr ständiges Oszillieren zwischen Gegenständlichkeit und Abstraktion. In 1961, Eva Hesse married the sculptor Tom Doyle and in 1964/1965 she spent a year with him at the home of the collectors Friedrich and Isabel Arnhard Scheidt in Kettwig an der Ruhr near Essen. During her studio stay in their textile factory, Eva Hesse found materials in the abandoned production halls that inspired her to work intensively on sculptural works. After her return to New York in 1965, Hesse became widely known for these works. The drawings she created at the same time contain numerous elements that she later used for her unconventional installations and objects. The sheet offered here, rendered in a sophisticated mixed technique, masterfully demonstrates her constant oscillation between figuration and abstraction. Erwartete Ausrufzeit / Estimated Auction Time of Lot (+/- 30min) 13.09.2024; 16:00 h (MEST / CET) For further information visit our website (www.kornfeld.ch) Versandkosten / Shipping cost Schweiz / Switzerland: CHF 130.- Europa / Europe: CHF 230.- Übrige Länder / Other countries: CHF 290.-

Eva Hesse: Untitled

Eva Hesse (Hamburg 1936 - 1970 New York) Untitled Öl auf Leinwand / Oil on canvas 1960 71,5x71,3 cm / 71.5x71.3 cm Provenienz / Provenance Robert Miller Gallery, New York, Inv. Nr. Hess-0145, C-341 Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, dort am 15. Juli 1989 erworben von Privatsammlung Schweiz Robert Miller Gallery, New York, inv. no. Hess-0145, C-341 Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, acquired there on 15 July 1989 from Private collection Switzerland Ausstellungen / Exhibitions Winterthur 2006, Kunstmuseum, Plane/Figure: Works on Paper, Amerikanische Kunst aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen und aus dem Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Kat. Nr. 74 Winterthur 2006, Kunstmuseum, Plane/Figure: Works on Paper, Amerikanische Kunst aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen und aus dem Kunstmuseum Winterthur, cat. no. 74 Zustand / Condition Stellenweise mit Krakelüren. In sehr schöner Gesamterhaltung With craquelure in places. In overall very good condition Erläuterungen / Comments Nach ihren Studien an der Cooper Union und der Yale School of Art and Architecture begann Eva Hesse 1960 als Künstlerin aktiv zu werden. Ihre Lehrer Josef Albers und Rico Lebrun prägten sie ebenso wie der allgegenwärtige Abstrakte Expressionismus, wobei sie sich vor allem mit der zweiten Generation der Bewegung auseinandersetzte, die sich mit Farbfeldmalerei beschäftigte. Hesse liess sich aber nicht festlegen und entwickelte ihre eigene künstlerische Praxis. Obwohl sie immer wieder mit der Gegenständlichkeit kokettierte, ging es ihr in erster Linie um den Ausdruck des Ungreifbaren, um ein wiederkehrendes psychologisches Motiv wie einen Geisteszustand, eine Stimmung oder eine Erinnerung. Am Anfang entstand eine Reihe von Bildern, die als "Spectres" (Gespensterbilder) bezeichnet werden: schemenhafte Bildräume, die schon auf die noch freieren Gemälde vorausweisen, mit denen sie sich in Folge beschäftigt. Letztere bilden eine Art Scharnierfunktion zu Hesses plastischen Arbeiten, mit denen sie wenige Jahre später beginnen wird. Frühe Gemälde der mit 34 Jahren jung verstorbenen Künstlerin sind sehr selten. Das hier angebotene Werk zeigt die ganze Kraft ihrer Kunst, die starre Normen und Formen aufbrach und das Magische und Verspielte suchte. After studying at the Cooper Union and the Yale School of Art and Architecture, Eva Hesse began working as an artist in 1960. She was influenced by her teachers Josef Albers and Rico Lebrun as well as by the omnipresent Abstract Expressionism, with a particular interest in the second generation of the movement, which focused on colour field painting. However, Hesse refused to be pigeonholed and developed her own artistic practice. Although she repeatedly flirted with figuration, she was primarily concerned with expressing the intangible, with expressing a recurring psychological motif such as a state of mind, a mood, or a memory. In the beginning, she created a series of paintings known as "Spectres" (ghost paintings): shadowy pictorial spaces that anticipate the even freer paintings that she subsequently worked on. The latter provide a kind of hinge to Hesse's sculptural works, which she would begin a few years later. Early paintings by the artist, who died prematurely at the age of 34, are very rare. The work offered here shows the full power of her art, which broke with rigid norms and forms in search of the magical and playful. Erwartete Ausrufzeit / Estimated Auction Time of Lot (+/- 30min) 13.09.2024; 16:00 h (MEST / CET) For further information visit our website (www.kornfeld.ch) Versandkosten / Shipping cost Schweiz / Switzerland: CHF 170.- Europa / Europe: CHF 285.- Übrige Länder / Other countries: CHF 380.-

Eva Hesse (American, 1936-1970) - Untitled

Eva Hesse (American, 1936-1970) - Untitled Signed and dated ‘Eva Hesse 1960’ bottom right, ink and wash on paper. 13 ½ x 11 in. (34.3 x 27.9cm) Provenance The Artist. Private Collection, Pennsylvania (gifted directly from the artist.) Private Collection, Pennsylvania (by family descent). Exhibition “Yale Collects Yale, 1950-1993” Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, April 30-July 31, 1993. “Four Perspectives on Fifty Years,” The Westmoreland, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, September 27, 2009-January 3, 2010. Literature Sarah M. Newman and Lesley K. Baier, eds., Yale Collects Yale, 1950-1993, New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1993, p. 39. Lot Essay When the present Untitled drawing was lent to the exhibition “Yale Collects Yale,” the collector wrote for the exhibition catalogue: “I recall fondly my time at Yale and my friendship with Eva. We first met at the Yale-Norfolk Summer Art School in 1957. Her drawing was a wedding gift received in May or June of 1960. Eva and I spent the day in the Village shopping for my wedding dress, and later she had me look through her drawings to select one.” The collector and Hesse met while students in the fine art department at Yale, studying with Josef Albers, among others. The two became fast friends as roommates at the summer program, and the drawing on offer here is accompanied by a personal collection of letters and postcards from the artist to her dear friend. Featured on the PBS television program Antiques Roadshow in 2022, the drawing and ephemera provide an intimate snapshot of a moment in Hesse’s development as an artist. While a seemingly figural composition, the Untitled drawing also foretells Hesse’s mature works, draped and hanging constructions made of fabric, rope, plastic, fiberglass and other everyday materials, manipulated in fascinating three-dimensional forms. Her experimental use of materials and the variable nature of her work in relation to space both had tremendous impact on a generation of contemporary artists, despite her short career. In 1969 Hesse was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and after several surgeries, she passed away the following year at age 34. Hesse’s work continues to play a vital role in the history of art, and is featured in the collections of the Tate Modern, London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and was featured in a 2016 documentary film and numerous international exhibitions.

Eva Hesse (German-American 1936-1970) for Hauser & Wirth

Eva Hesse (German-American 1936-1970) for Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth Artistic Blanket 80in. x 63in 100 % Cashmere, Made in Scotland Both Hesse's life and art were fraught with extreme contradictions. Almost impossibly demanding of herself, she was nevertheless completely open to the unknown. The dynamic of her work was not expression, but discovery. She wrote, "It is my main concern to go beyond what I know and what I can know." She pulled new meanings from deep in her psyche and gave them new formal structures that related to order, yet also resisted it.

No Title

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer Eva Hesse 1936 - 1970 No Title signed in graphite (on the reverse) gelatin silver photogram 13⅞ by 11 in. 35.2 by 27.9 cm. Executed circa 1958, this work is unique.

No Title

A Life of Beauty: The Collection of John Cheim Eva Hesse 1936 - 1970 No Title signed and dated 60-61 (lower right); signed (on the verso) India ink and ink on paper 6 by 4½ in. 15.2 by 11.4 cm. Executed in 1960-61.

Top Spot

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer Eva Hesse 1936 - 1970 Top Spot titled and dated 1965 (on the reverse) tempera, enamel, cord, found objects (metal, plastic, porcelain), particle board and wood 27 ⅛ by 21 ¼ by 11 in. 68.9 by 54 by 27.9 cm. [variable] Executed in 1965. 

Eva Hesse

American, 1936-1970 Enclosed (from 7 Objects/69), 1969 Mixed media rubber construction, from an edition of 100 10 x 4 1/2 x 1 inches (25.4 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm) Includes printed label from Tanglewood Press, Inc., numbered 38/100 and with artwork description reading Pilable object made from a gauze-like tape, dipped in liquid rubber, wrapped around a blown balloon and powdered. Average 3 x 10 inches.

One above

Eva Hesse 1936 - 1970 One above watercolor, gouache, ink and paper collage on paper 9 by 6⅝ in. 22.9 by 16.8 cm. Executed in 1965.

No Title

Property from a Prominent American Collection Eva Hesse 1936 - 1970 No Title  watercolor and ink on paper 12 by 9 in. 30.5 by 22.9 cm. Executed circa 1965-66. 

EVA HESSE | Untitled

EVA HESSE | No Title

oil on canvas

EVA HESSE | Study for Schema

ink on tracing paper

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) - No title

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) No title ink on paper 13 5/8 x 11 in. (34.6 x 27.9 cm.)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) - No title

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) No title oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) - No title

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) No title graphite and ink wash on paper 11 3/4 x 9 in. (29.8 x 22.8 cm.)

EVA HESSE - Untitled

EVA HESSE - Untitled

EVA HESSE | Untitled

ink, gouache, crayon and graphite on paper

Eva Hesse (American, 1936–1970) Abstract

A Oil on canvas painting by artist Eva Hesse (American, 1936–1970) signed and dated: bottom right corner of the artwork.1960

EVA HESSE | Three Bears Rolling Down a Snowy Hill

watercolor on paper

Eva Hesse(1936-1970)- American abstract Watercolor art piece

A great Watercolor abstract art piece by Eva Hesse simply gorgeous art work. Signed & Dated: Bottom right hand corner of the art.

EVA HESSE - Untitled

EVA HESSE - Untitled

EVA HESSE | No Title

gouache and India ink on paper

EVA HESSE | No Title

oil on masonite

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) >Untitled <br>signed and dated 'E HESSE '61' (lower left) >gouache, ink and graphite on paper <br>6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.8 cm.) >Executed in 1961. <br>

Eva Hesse (attr.) (German 1936-1970), abstract, gouache, signed "Hesse", 13 ¾ x 12 ¼"

Eva Hesse (attr.) (German 1936-1970), abstract, gouache, signed "Hesse", 13 ¾ x 12 ¼"

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Penetration gouache, oil, ink and paper collage on cut-out paper 5 3/8 x 3 1/8in. (13.7 x 8.3cm.) Executed in 1965

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Three gouache and oil on paper collage, in three parts (i) 4 5/8 x 3 7/8in. (11.7 x 9.8cm.) (ii) 4 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (10.5 x 9.8cm.) (iii) 4 3/8 x 3 3/8in. (11.3 x 8.4cm.) Executed in 1965

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) One above signed, titled and dated 'one above 1965 Eva Hesse' (on the reverse) watercolour, gouache and ink on paper 9 7/8 x 6 3/8in. (25.1 x 16.1cm.) Executed in 1965

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Big Boop watercolour, gouache, ink and paper collage on paper 9 x 6 5/8in. (22.8 x 16.8cm.) Executed in 1965

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled signed and dated 'E HESSE '61' (lower left) gouache, ink and graphite on paper 6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.8 cm.) Executed in 1961.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled signed and inscribed 'eva crucified' (lower edge) ink on paper 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (14.9 x 9.8 cm.) Drawn circa 1960. Untitled signed and inscribed 'eva in museum of modern art lobby' (lower right) ink on paper 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (14.9 x 9.8 cm.) Drawn circa 1960. Untitled signed and inscribed 'series of sick drawings by a sick person! eva in the abstract' (upper right and lower right) ink on paper 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (14.9 x 9.8 cm.) Drawn circa 1960. Untitled signed and inscribed 'the feminine eva' (lower right) ink on paper 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (14.9 x 9.8 cm.) Drawn circa 1960. (4)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled (Bochner Compart) signed, inscribed and dated 'FOR MEL B. E. HESSE 1966' (on the reverse) acrylic and cord on papier-mâché and masonite 9 x 9 x 2 in. (22.9 x 22.9 x 5.1 cm.) Executed in 1966.

EVA HESSE

EVA HESSE 1936 - 1970 UNTITLED oil on canvas 35 1/8 by 47 in. 89.2 by 119.4 cm Executed in 1956.

Eva Hesse

Untitled, 1960

EVA HESSE

EVA HESSE 1936 - 1970 UNTITLED signed and dated 1969 metallic gouache, watercolor, pencil and ink on paper 23 by 17 1/4 in. 58.4 by 43.8 cm.

EVA HESSE

EVA HESSE 1936 - 1970 UNTITLED gouache, ink and pencil on paper 10 1/2 by 8 1/2 in. 26.7 by 21.6 cm.

EVA HESSE

EVA HESSE 1936 - 1970 UNTITLED signed and dated 1968 brown ink with wash and pencil on paper 13 x 13 1/2 in. 33 x 34.3 cm.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled gouache, ink and paper collage on cut-out paper 5½ x 3¼ in. (13.9 x 8.2 cm.) Executed in 1965.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled signed and dated 'Eva Hesse 1965' (lower right) ink and gouache on paper 19¼ x 25¼ in. (48.8 x 64.1 cm.) Drawn in 1965.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled ink on cut-out paper 4¾ x 4½ in. (12 x 11.3 cm.) Executed in 1965.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled gouache and ink on cut-out paper 3½ x 4 in. (8.8 x 10.1 cm.) Executed in 1965.

Eva Hesse/Tom Doyle and Friends

Eva Hesse/Tom Doyle and Friends Untitled signed and dated '5.6.65 Eva, Tom, Verta, Wineland, Kali, Shandra' (on the reverse) photograph 2 x 1½ in. (5 x 3.8 cm.) Executed in 1965.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled signed and dated 'Eva Hesse 65' (on the inside back cover) six drawings in bound sketchbook--ink on paper 5¾ x 4 1/8 in. (14.6 x 10.4 cm.) Drawn in 1965.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled (test piece) gouache, varnish, rope, cord and found metal object 2¾ x 4 x 4 in. (6.5 x 10 x 10 cm.) Executed in 1965.

Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

Eva Hesse (1936-1970) Untitled (test piece) tempera, enamel, cord and metal found object 3½ x 9¾ x 4¼ in. (9 x 25 x 11 cm.) Executed in 1965.

EVA HESSE

UNTITLED

EVA HESSE

UNTITLED