Sale 1150
New York
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13 November 2002
Price realised
USD 405,500
Estimate
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
B. Barrette, Eva Hesse: Sculpture catalogue raisonné, New York, 1989, p. 244, no. A4 (illustrated, p. 245).
Fig. 1 Sol Lewitt, Modular Wall Structure, 1968 Collection of Virginia Dwan c 2002 Sol Lewitt Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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