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Object Name:

Sculpture

Title:

Hand

Maker(s):

Eisch, Erwin (German, 1927-2022), Artist

Place Made:

Federal Republic of Germany, Frauenau

Accession Number:

98.3.11

Dimensions:

Overall H: 67.5 cm, W: 19.7 cm, Diam (max): 16.5 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1968

Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

Web Description:

Erwin Eisch (German, b. 1927) is a painter and sculptor whose free and untraditional approach to art, and especially to glass, made a profound impression during the formative years of the Studio Glass movement in the late 1960s. He met the American studio glass pioneer Harvey Littleton in 1962. Through their friendship, an important link was established between European and American studio artists working in glass. Spontaneous, expressive, and bold, Eisch's work explores human emotions and spirituality; his painting and sculpture almost always incorporate elements of the human form.

More Info

Department:

Postwar and Contemporary

Category:

Color:

Technique:

Material:

Inscription:

E. Eisch 68

Signature and date

interior of foot

ZAVENTEM/ BELG-LUXEMB E.U/ DOUANE ACC/ D.

label

inside on foot

25A

label

inside of foot

E. Eisch/ 68

signature

on body at join with foot

Description

Primary Description:

Transparent reddish brown and deep purple glass; blown, applied, tooled, iridized.

Exhibitions (2)

Masters of Studio Glass: Erwin Eisch

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2012-03-15 through 2013-02-03

Masters of Studio Glass: Erwin Eisch is a special exhibition of 22 vessels and sculptures by one of the founders of studio glass in Europe, Erwin Eisch (German, b. 1927). The exhibition recognizes Eisch for his achievements in developing glass as a material for artistic expression, and it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of studio glass in the United States. Eisch, a close friend of American Studio Glass founder, Harvey K. Littleton (American, b. 1922), had a profound influence on the development of American, as well as European, studio glass. Objects in the exhibition span 40 years of Eisch’s career in glass from 1964 to 2004. His works are tradition-breaking, and his radical thoughts about art reflect the unorthodox approach to glass that has characterized his work throughout his career. All of the works presented are drawn from the Museum’s collection.

Decades in Glass: The 60's

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2005-11-17 through 2006-04-02

Corning Incorporated Gallery 2006-07-12 through 2007-01-06

Publications (7)

Meiguo xian dai bo li yi shu qun ti yan jiu / 美国现代玻璃艺术群体研究 (1962-2012) / 张鹏程著 (2019) illustrated, p. 56 (right);

Erwin Eisch: Wolken waren schon immer mein letzter Halt: Glas und Bilder = Clouds have been my foothold all along: glass and paintings (2012) illustrated, p. 42, left; BIB# 127637

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American art and design (2011) illustrated, p. 253 fig. 12.7; BIB# 124232

Decades in Glass: The 60's (2005) illustrated, p.4; BIB# AI66547

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 95, #165; BIB# 65446

Recent Important Acquisitions, 41 (1999) illustrated, p. 207, #59; BIB# AI43981

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1998 (1999) illustrated, p. 15; BIB# AI95009