She published her memoir, Michelangelo and Me: Six Years in My Carrara Haven, in 1996[1] (Midmarch Arts Press, digitized 2007).
Eshel died September 18, 2023, in a New York assisted living facility, survived by her son and three grandchildren.
[2] Having moved to Paris in 1952, Eshel remained in France until 1972, creating oil paintings, paper collages, and burlap collage-paintings — and integrating feminist imagery into her work.
Parrish discovered numerous work still unpacked from Eshel's moved from Paris, and organized a successful solo exhibition at his gallery, resulting in wide attention, including by The New York Times, 1stdibs, Introspective Magazine and Sight Unseen.
[4] A 2022 exhibition introduction described Eshel's work as "marked with deep fissures, collages striped with chasms, and canvases that erupted with bursts of paint recalling female anatomy, deep-space explosions, and her own tenacity.