Eva Hesse

(1) Three publications celebrating the work by the German-born American sculptor Hesse (1936-1970) who was only 34 when brain cancer abruptly ended her life. Includes: Lucy R. Lippard, Eva Hesse. New York University Press, 1976. First edition. Designed by Hesse's friend and colleague, Sol LeWitt. Softcover, 249 pp. With info of former owner on first page, else fine.

(2) Eva Hesse: Sculpture, 1936-1970. London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1979. First edition. Exhibition catalogue, 60 pp. Published in conjunction with a travelling show from Whitechapel Gallery to Kröller-Müller Otterlo and Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover in 1979. Texts by Nicolas Serota, Rosalind Krauss and Naomi Spector with excerpts from Hesse's notebooks. Softcover with slight toning and a tiny abrasion along lower spine, else a clean copy. (3) Eva Hesse, Sculpture. Catalogue raisonné by Bill Barrette. New York, Timken Publishers, 1989. Hardcover, 31 x 23.5 cm, 274 pp. Moderate wear on the extremities of the dustjacket, else a good copy of the scarce hardcover edition.