Combines a biography of the American painter-sculptor who died at thirty-four with a critical study of her work, all illustrated by photographers of Hesse's controversial and influential works
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Lucy Lippard is the author of a number of seminal works on contemporary art and artists, including Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory, A Different War: Vietnam in Art, and, most recently, Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America .
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Seller: art longwood books, Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Softcover Edition. soft cover., clean. no tears or chips. minor bit of wear to top of spine. strong sewn binding. no markings of any sort.; 249pp., 263 illustrations, including some in color. catalogue raisonne. excerpts from hesse's diaries and writings. the author had help from hesse's family and the community of artists who knew and supported her work. where any reckoning of hesse must begin, in terms of books. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 25191
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Grey illustrated wraps. 251 pp. with 263 illustrations. Illustrations cover all of her 70 sculptures and many of her drawings. In English. A discussion of her work by decades and and essay "Documentation" by Susan Ginsburg. Also includes a chronology, catalogue raisonne of the sculpture, and a bibliography. Text includes quotations from her diaries. From the back cover: "Eva Hesse, artist and sculptor, was only 34 when brain cancer abruptly ended her life's work. Yet her contribution in painting and sculpture and her influence on the art world of the late 1960's and early 1970's, especially on serious women artists, is unchallenged." VG (marker on bottom block, pages are otherwise very clean and tight). Seller Inventory # 176785
Seller: Collections From A Collector, Rockville, UT, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Eva Hesse (illustrator). 1st Edition. Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. ; Cover has modest shelf rubbing, edgewear and small abrasions on spines but clean and in good condition. Spine is straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and good.; 10.9 X 7.3 X 1.2 inches; 249 pages NOTE: I have included an article that I found in the book when I originally purchased the book. Seller Inventory # ABE-1782006425848
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Cover has modest shelf rubbing and small abrasion on upper spine but clean and in very good+ condition. Spine is straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's embossment on copyright page. Pages are clean and near pristine. Book has never been cracked open. .; 10.9 X 7.3 X 1.2 inches; 249 pages. Seller Inventory # 16880
Seller: BMV Bookstores, Toronto, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. scuffing along edges and corners. shelf wear and creasing along spine. page edges are slightly darkened. Seller Inventory # BOX W10-5
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover, 252 pages with tipped-in color plates, very good condition; light creases to spine; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra. Seller Inventory # EvHeNe85
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 249 pages. Monograph on this German born American artist whose life was life was tragically cut short at 34 from brain cancer. Features text by Lucy Lippard. Includes a few tipped in color plates along with numerous black and white illustrations, chronology, catalogue raisonne of sculpture, a bibliography, and an index. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Seller Inventory # 191997
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 16K72_98_0814749720