Purple Journal_142
Item
- Title
- Purple Journal_142
- Alternative Title
- Purple Journal
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- The page is a double-page spread in a journal. The left page contains text and a photograph of a sculpture, while the right page features a sculpture and additional text. The medium appears to be a combination of ink and possibly collage, with the sculpture images in color and the text in black ink. The layout is typical of a journal, with text on the left and right sides, and the sculptures are centered on the left page.
- Identifier
- 016_061717-122517_purple_journal
- Dates Completed
- June 17, 2017 - Dec. 25, 2017
- Keywords
- Purple; Prince; June 7; Blank journal; Barnes and Noble; 2016–2017; Trump election; 29 Pieces; Funding crisis; Board realities; Come to Jesus moment; Remote work; Gut punches; Dana moves; Emotional loss; Political uncertainty; Life necessities; Calling the angels; Unshakeable faith; State of Contentment; Sacred feminine; Tramadol; Pleasing Daddy; Embodying HER; Yayoi Kusama; Frida Kahlo; Missing Barbara Boster; Mantrams for Trump; Anger chart; Charlottesville; Compassionate Path; Critical Path; Chronic hip pain; Angst and joy; Friendship and forgiveness; NYC trip; Times Square BID; Women artists; Left vs. right hand writing; No backyard studio
- Transcription
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Eva Hesse
After almost six months of separation, the reunited family moved to England and then, in 1939, emigrated to New York City, where they settled into Manhattan's Washington Heights. In 1944, Hesse's parents separated; her father remarried in 1945 and her mother committed suicide in 1946. In 1962, she met and married sculptor Tom Doyle (1928-2016); they divorced in 1966.
In October 1969, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, she died on Friday, May 29, 1970. Her death, after three year operations within a year, at age 34 ended a career spanning only 10 years.
Hesse graduated from New York's School of Industrial Art at the age of 16, and in 1952 she enrolled in the Pratt Institute of Design. She dropped out only a year later. When Hesse was 18 years-old, she interned at Seventeen magazine.
During this time she also took classes at the Art Students League. From 1954-1957 she studied at Cooper Union and in 1959 she received her BA from Yale University.
After Yale, Eva returned to New York, where she became friends with many other young minimalist artists, including Sol LeWitt, Donalds Judd, Yayoi Kusama, and others. Her close friendship with Sol LeWitt remained until the end of her life. The two frequently wrote to one another, and in 1965 Sol famously counseled a young doubting Eva to "Stop [thinking] and just DO!" Sol and Eva went on to become two of the most influential artists of the 1960s, and their friendship aided in the artistic development of each of their works. - Rights
- To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
- Is Part Of
- Purple Journal
- Relation
- Image Gallery