ERWIN
EISCH b. 1927 Frauenau, Germany
At age
nineteen Erwin Eisch was apprenticed in the glass engraving workshop of his
father, Valentin Eisch. He later studied at the School for Glassmaking in
Zweisel and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. When he was
twenty-three Eisch, his parents and two brothers started a glass factory in
Frauenau. Within four years Eisch went back to school to study sculpture. Upon
his return to Frauenau he set up a studio in the factory's basement where he
could create sculptures in glass. In 1962 Harvey Littleton, excited to
hear of a fellow artist who was using glass as a fine art medium, visited
Eisch. The two became fast friends.
Eisch
began exhibiting his glass work in 1962. His work has been seen in shows in Germany,
Austria, the United States, Japan, Czechoslovakia, France and Switzerland. Eisch's work can be
found in many museums in Germany and in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Belgium,
Switzerland and The Netherlands. In the United States his work is included
in the collections of Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York; Chazen
Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin; Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC and The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.
The vitreograph portrait of Erwin Eisch
(above) is by Thomas Buechner. It
is available from The Littleton Collection.
Energy and Contemplation, 1992
Intaglio vitreograph on Rives BFK White, Edition of 30
image size: 16 x 12 inches; paper size: 30 x 22 inches
$1,100*
Hallo,
1992
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 50
image size 16 x 12 inches: paper size:
22 x 18 inches
$1,100*
Take Care, 2001
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 30
image size: 24 x 30; paper size: 30
x 36 inches
$1,200*
Breathing, 2001
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 30
image size: 24 x 30
inches; paper size: 30
x 36 inches
$1,200*
Listen ...How it Grows, 2001
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 30
image size: 30 x 24 inches; paper size:
36 x 30 inches
$1,200*
Holy Cow, 2005
Vitreograph on Rives BFK White, Edition of 20
image size: 18 x 24 inches; paper size: 22 ½ x 29 ½
inches $1,200*
Homeward Bound, 2005
Vitreograph on Rives BFK White, Edition of 20
image size: 18 x 24 inches; paper size: 22 ½ x 29 ½
inches $1,200*
Kristallnacht: The Night of Crystal Death
portfolio
Above: Opus 1, 2,
3, 4 & 5
Below: Opus 6, 7,
8, 9 & 10
Erwin Eisch mined
the dark side of human experience in his Kristallnacht: The Night of Crystal
Death portfolio of 1992. In it he attempted, as he wrote in his preface to the
portfolio, to "come to terms with the burden, the shame, the anger and the fear"
that he feels is the Nazi-era's legacy to the German people.
Eisch admits that
"Art can do nothing..." to assuage his feelings of rage and helplessness against
the unalterable events of history. Instead, he created this portfolio "for the
sake of life and freedom; to give a sense to the sacrifice by ensuring the
warning lives forever. I want to give courage to myself and to those who search
for humanity, life and dignity; for evil is eternal and prejudice and falsehood
lie everywhere in wait."
The ten prints,
together with an introduction by Irvin J. Borowsky, founder of the American
Interfaith Institute and the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia and a
preface by Erwin Eisch, costs $4,250. The portfolio was printed in an edition of
50. The images are approx. 14 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches on a 30 x 22 ½ inch sheet (except
for Opus nos. 4 and 9 with image size of approx. 11 ¼ x 14 ¼ on a 22 ½ x 30
inch sheet).
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materials used in making the print and the number of prints and proofs in the
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