Study for Sculpture

Eva Hesse

1967

Varnish, liquitex, Sculp-metal, and cord on Masonite

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Short, knotted cords, arranged in a symmetrical 9-by-9 grid emerge from a square panel and hang down. Thick, matte-gray paint coats the entire piece, adding rough texture to the panel and stiffening the cords into positions that cast irregular shadows across the work’s surface.