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    13 November 2002

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    • Eva Hesse (1936-1970)
    Lot 41

    Eva Hesse (1936-1970)

    Untitled

    Price realised

    USD 405,500

    Estimate

    USD 300,000 - USD 400,000

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    Eva Hesse (1936-1970)
    Untitled
    signed twice and dated 'Eva Hesse 1967' (on the reverse)
    Sculpt-Metal over steel washers and wood
    8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.)
    Executed in 1967.

    Provenance

    Daniel Varenne Galerie de Clos de Sierne, Geneva
    Dr. Helene Papanek, New York
    Vivian Horan Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, August 1994

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    B. Barrette, Eva Hesse: Sculpture catalogue raisonné, New York, 1989, p. 244, no. A4 (illustrated, p. 245).


    Lot Essay

    Fig. 1 Sol Lewitt, Modular Wall Structure, 1968
    Collection of Virginia Dwan
    c 2002 Sol Lewitt Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Other information

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    Pre-Lot Text

    Property from the Collection of the Israel Phoenix Assurance Company

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