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Burial Box Type II-Rose

Burial Box Type II-Rose

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Burial Box Type II-Rose
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Ben Tre, Howard ((American, b. 1949)), Maker
Place Made: 
United States, OR, Portland
Date: 
1978
Color
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amber
Technique
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casting
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.9 cm, W: 13.4 cm, L: 11.5
Accession Number: 
79.4.120
Credit Line: 
Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
Location: 
On Display
Copyright: 
© Howard Ben Tre
Description
Amber glass; cast. Multi-sided heavy walled box; two flanges on each of the longer sides which resemble, in cross section, truncated triangles surmounted by rectangles; the two ends of the box are of a similar shape; interior cross section is an elongated hexagon; object rests on a pedestal base of same shape as its interior; signed on base "BEN TRE/ 2/78".
Label Text
Ben Tré’s sculptures, which often take the form of vessels, are inspired by elements of architecture and industry, such as columns, heavy stone fragments, ancient monoliths, and machine parts.
Provenance
Ben Tre, Howard ((American, b. 1949)), Former Collection

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Exhibitions

New Glass: Selections from a Worldwide Survey
Venue(s)
SUNY, Cortland 1986-01-24 through 1986-02-21
Title Unknown (Residence of the United States Ambassador)
Venue(s)
Spaso House 1985-05 through 1991-06
(Residence of the United States Ambassador), Moscow, USSR
 
New Glass: A Worldwide Survey
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1979 through 1979
Toledo Museum of Art
Publications
1

Publications

Recent Important Acquisitions, 22 (1980) illustrated, p. 102, #58;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1979 (1980) p. 6;
New Glass: A Worldwide Survey (1979) illustrated, p. 50, #18; BIB# 20603

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