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Helmut Kohl: Break through the Wall

Artist Erwin Eisch (German, 1927 - 2022)
Place of OriginGlashütte Valentin Eisch, Frauenau, Germany
Date1998 (design of mold 1989)
DimensionsH: 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm); W (Head, frontal): 9 ¼ in. (35 cm); W (head, profile): 11 ¼ in. (28.57 cm)
MediumColorless glass, mold-blown, tooled, blown; painted with unfired enamels.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number
2008.124
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesEisch-Angus, Katharina, Erwin Eisch: Wolken waren schon immer mein letzter Halt, Glas und Bilder = Clouds have been My Foothold All Along, Glass and Paintings, Munich, Hirmer Verlag, 2012, p.197,fig. 17, repr. (col.) p. 198.Exhibition HistoryHabatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan.
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