This sculpture was hanging in the artist’s studio at the time of her death; it can be hung in numerous ways. Eva Hesse, Untitled (Rope Piece) by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Women’s labor and the passage of time are evoked in this sculpture constructed of organic materials. Jackie Winsor, #1 Rope by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Her friends were into high conceptualism, but Hesse’s own approach is more playful, bodily, and feminist. Eva Hesse, Untitled by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Oldenburg’s wonderfully floppy, sloppy cake is filthy, humorous, and not at all edible. Claes Oldenburg, Floor Cake by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
This sculpture, installed on the Yale campus during Vietnam War protests, was never meant to be permanent. Claes Oldenburg, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks by Mya Dosch