Eva Hesse papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and instructor. Born in Hamburg, Germany, immigrated to the U.S. and later became naturalized. Studied at Pratt Institute, 1952-53, Art Students League, 1953 and Cooper Union, 1954-57, all in New York City. Lecturer at School of Visual Arts, New York City, 1968-70.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 770 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1970
label: Date
content: bulk 1960-1970 dates
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hesseva
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm rolls 1475-1477 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 524 letters and postcards; 10 diaries, 1955-1967 describing her work and problems creating it; appointment and address books; interviews of Hesse by Cindy Nemser; Hesse's classroom notes, term papers and teaching notes; papers by Hesse's students, and several essays by Lucy Lippard; personal photographs and photographs of art work; sketchbooks, sketches and drawings; exhibition catalogs, announcements and invitations; 2 scrapbooks of clippings and memorabilia; and miscellany.