From Jack J

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
From Jack J
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, RI, Providence
Accession Number: 
80.4.56
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19.6 cm, W: 15.1 cm, L: 60.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1980
Credit Line: 
Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
Primary Description: 
Green tinted bubbly glass; copper foil; sand-cast glass, sandblasted. Convex arc shape with three stepped conical elements spaced at regular intervals on upper surface; oxidized copperfoil covers parts of glass surface on top of curve and sides of cones.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Ben Tre, Howard (American, 1949-2020), Source
1980-07-02
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
green
Technique: 
cast, sandblasted
casting
Copyright: 
© Howard Ben Tre

Publications (7)

Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2008) illustrated, p. 21, 92-93 (fig. 32, plate 22); BIB# 107478
1950'den gunumuze cam heykel sanati (2007) illustrated, p. 88, #139; BIB# 120378
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, pp. 134-135, #134; BIB# 35679
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 235; BIB# 32803
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987, from the Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass (1987) p. 3; BIB# 2318
Recent Important Acquisitions, 23 (1981) illustrated, p. 105, #54; BIB# AI98083
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1980 (1981) p. 7; BIB# AI97142