Leilot לילות

During the winter of 1942, while burning with high fever, a Bauhaus artist hallucinates. In his dream he sees a man waking up from a dream. from a nightmare- into a nightmare.

Still feverish, he starts making sketches. In black and white, he tells a story of black and white: evil and compassion, fear and bravery, despair and hope. A series of linoleum cut prints, portraying a merciless nightmare- which is, in fact, a reality.

But in 1942, this reality is not yet known, not beyond shreds of information that many dismiss as mere rumors.

Who will publish such a story, a ruthless and wordless depiction of what no one wants to know?

The following is the remarkable story behind the creation and publication of "Through the Night" (Hebrew "לילות"), a unique work of art by Erich Glas.


Leilot: Erich Glas's Traumatic Creation

An article by artist, researcher and blogger Scott Ponemone, about Glas's lino-cut series "Leilot" (Through the Night); which tells the unusual story of the inception, creation and publication of a remarkable work of art.

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Fables: Erich Glas's Prints Add To Genre

A detailed review by Scott Ponemone of Glas's "Aesop Fables"- a suite of imaginatively designed and beautifully engraved prints with intricate detail.

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