Garry Neill Kennedy, “The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978”, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax/The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 2012, page 303 ; illustrated page 302
Christine Lalonde on Eric Fischl, “Untitled and Sleeve”
“The two prints may be considered a related pair - “Untitled”, a lithograph in two colors, is actually the under layer for Fischl’s painterly exploration in “Sleeve”; the print consists of seven addition runs including one in which the artist applied the silver paint by hand. Fischl taught painting at NSCAD between 1974 and 1978, and so it is not surprising that his approach to printmaking is related more to this practice than to the print process itself. Having since made his reputation for his figurative with disturbing narratives, this abstract work by Fischl is somewhat unexpected and marks an early stage in the artist’s career.”
