Jill Sterrett, SFMOMA Head of Conservation and Paper Conservator
Michelle Barger, SFMOMA Associate Conservator of Objects
Eva Hesse is perhaps best known for her later sculptural work in rubber and resin. However, her two-dimensional works on paper were an equally important part of her body of work. Recent investigation and technical study of the artist’s working methods and materials reveal a fluid language in her later works of diverse media.