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She was also already a legend.
When Eva Hesse saw her work, she said, I am amazed at what this woman can do.
Starting around 1960, she started making these pre-modern-looking sculptural organisms that were like peering into dead craters.
She once said, I want to awaken in the beholder some dormant reality.
The map to Bontecou seemed to be redrawn in an instant.
But it was her early works some with saw blades embedded in orifices that still commanded attention.
