Eva Hesse

Enclosed

1969

A folded strip of dried tofu skin on a light gray surface.
A folded strip of dried tofu skin on a light gray surface.

Not on view

Date
1969

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Gauze tape and rubber

Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 × 9 7/8 × 3 1/4in. (4.4 × 25.1 × 8.3 cm)

Accession number
74.47.2

Edition
66/100, plus 10 lettered copies reserved for the artists and their collaborators

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Esman

Rights and reproductions
© The Estate of Eva Hesse. Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth.

API
artworks/5720

Part of a series:
7 Objects/69
7 works

A folded strip of dried tofu skin on a light gray surface.
A vintage, rectangular, bronze-colored metal plaque with the word "FIRE" embossed in capitalized, bold letters, set against a white background.
A wrinkled mauve shirt with short sleeves laid out flat on a white background.
Vinyl record beside its album cover featuring a shadowy figure walking.
A cylindrical metal pipe with a brushed surface finish lying on a plain white background.
A wide horizontal canvas with a textured olive green surface, bordered by white edges where the canvas is unstretched or unprimed.
A textured, pastel green and yellow fibrous object resting on a black rectangular box against a neutral gray background.

Eva Hesse
7 works in the collection, 8 exhibitions

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