Eva Hesse exhibition at Fischbach Gallery, photograph by John A. Ferrari, 1968 and Eva Hesse exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1972. Box 1170. Series 3: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: 261: Eva Hesse. Exhibition records. A0003. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives, New York
Finding 66: Installation Photographs of Eva Hesse's Work
June 14, 2011
The Guggenheim Museum held Eva Hesse: A Memorial Exhibition from December 7, 1972 to February 11, 1973, two and a half years after the artist's untimely death in 1970 at the age of 34. Curated by Linda Shearer, the exhibition featured about 80 works from Hesse's brief, but productive career. In conjunction with the exhibition the Guggenheim Museum published an illustrated catalogue, which featured photographs of Hesse's work as installed in exhibitions at the Fischbach Gallery. The Exhibition records contain photographs gathered for research and the production of the exhibition catalogue, including installation images which were not published in the catalogue. The top photograph is one such unpublished image; it shows drawings for Accession (1967) and several small works as displayed in Hesse's one-woman show at the Fischbach Gallery in November of 1968. The bottom image shows an installation view of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition. The 1968 model for Augment can be seen in both images, third from left in the Fischbach Gallery installation and on the far left in the display case at the Guggenheim Museum.
-Shirin Khaki, Archives Assistant