Cowering Maker: Erwin Eisch (German, 1927–2022)

1980

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Blown and engraved lead glass

Dimensions

6 5/8 × 6 3/8 in. (16.8 × 16.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Giraud Foster

Accession Number

2010.66.1

Geography

Probably made in Frauenau, Germany

Culture

German

Period

20th century

Classification

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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
  • Corning Museum of Glass, "Recent Important Acquisitions," New Glass Review 33 (2012): 106, ill.
  • "Acquisitions," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2010.pdf (accessed 2012).
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Inscriptions

"gekauert / ora früh herde stehn fischwärme zünden / schaum werden menschendienst flammen die liebe tun / zweibein labora die bojen / ölgärten schließfach verplomben / brandungen krema hadespaket / purga den roten shein hände ruhn torium / Peter Kobbe" engraved on reverse

Signed

"E. Eisch 80 / J.S." engraved in script on underside

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