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Maker: Erwin Eisch, German, born 1927
Cowering
1980
Blown and engraved lead glass
6 5/8 × 6 3/8 in. (16.8 × 16.2 cm)
Gift of Dr. Giraud Foster
2010.66.1
Geography:
Probably made in Frauenau, Germany
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
German
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
Purchased 1970 from Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Giraud Foster, Baltimore, MD, 1970-2010; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. 2010.
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2010.pdf (accessed 2012).
Corning Museum of Glass, “Recent Important Acquisitions,” New Glass Review 33 (2012): 106, ill.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
