No title
(1963)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
183.2 × 152.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Dr Henry Krongold CBE and Mrs Dinah Krongold, Founder Benefactors, 1993
© The Estate of Eva Hesse. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth
Gallery location
Contemporary Art gallery
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
With an artistic career spanning a decade, Eva Hesse made a significant contribution to contemporary art. She painted, created drawings and collages, produced sculptural installations and became renowned for sculptures made from fibreglass, polyester resin and latex – materials that she knew would eventually fall apart. Her style was considered too sensual to be categorised as Minimalist, however she is often affiliated with Process Art, a term developed in the 1960s that implies a focus on the physical properties of materials and the way they are applied. After her death from a brain tumour in May 1970 Hesse’s work was featured on the cover of the influential magazine Artforum.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
IC1-1993
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Nonrepresentational Art
Subjects (specific)
brush strokes circles (plane figures) colours (hues or tints) triangles (polygons)