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Object Name:
8 Sculptures
Title:
Eight Heads of Harvey Littleton
Department
Modern
Place Made:
Federal Republic of Germany, Frauenau
Date:
1976
Technique
AAT
blow moldingMaterial
Dimensions:
Dimensions vary
Accession Number:
76.3.32
Location:
See Individual Records
Copyright:
© Erwin Eisch
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Exhibitions

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.
Publications
Eclats! Le musee se met au verre ... contemporain (2011)
illustrated, p. 23, illustration 12;
Glass in Art, History, and Science at The Corning Museum of Glass (2003)
illustrated, p. 69, no. 10;
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989)
illustrated, p. 55;
BIB# 32803
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987, from the Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass (1987)
p. 3;
BIB# 2318
Beschauliches Fleisch : Bemerkungen zur Kunst von Erwin Eisch = Contemplative flesh : thoughts on the art of Erwin Eisch. (1986)
p. 9;
BIB# 60548
Recent Important Acquisitions, 19 (1977)
illustrated, pp. 180-181, #63a-63h;
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