Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.

Night of Crystal Death

Artist Erwin Eisch (German, b. 1927)

CultureGerman

Date1991

MediumMold-blown, frosted, enameled, engraved, and mirrored glass

Dimensions18 1/4 × 14 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (46.4 × 37.5 × 28.6 cm)
Base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Other (Height including base): 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)

InscribedEngraved with holocaust imagery, dated 1991.

Credit LineMuseum purchase with Funds Donated by the Children of Art and Annie Sandler in Honor of Sam Sandler

Object number93.7

Not on view

DescriptionThis a large contemporary glass sculpture of mirrored, mold-blown, frosted glass in form of Picasso bust. It is enameled and engraved with Holocaust imagery. The wooden pedestal base, painted black, was made by the artist, and there is a plate glass insert between pedestal and sculpture.

Label TextErwin Eisch German, b. 1927 Night of Crystal Death, 1991 Mold-blown, frosted, enameled, engraved, and mirrored glass Museum purchase with funds donated by the Children of Art and Annie Sandler in honor of Sam Sandler 93.7 Exhibition History"Studio Glass from the Permanent Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., June 16-November 13, 1994 "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - February 16, 1997 Published References"Recent Important Aquisitions," _Journal of Glass Studies_ 36 (1994): 120, no. 36. Martha Drexler Lynn, _Sculpture, Glass, and American Museums_ (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), 36-43. Katharine Eisch-Angus, et. al., _Erwin Eisch: Clouds Have Been My Foothold All Along: Glass and Paintings_ (Munich: Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 2012), 214. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masteworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 178-179.