Lot 2193
Howard Ben Tré (American, 1949-2020), Wrapped Form I
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
53.5 x 19 x 16 in.
The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Exhibited:
Fusion: Contemporary Art Glass from North Carolina Collections, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2005 (accompanied with photo copy from the exhibtion)
Illustrated:
Howard Ben Tré, Hudson Hills Press, New York, p. 118, plate 30
Accompanied by a mock-up from the NCMA exhibition pamphlet showcasing this sculpture with the Pilloff's statement; also with a photo copy of the artist beside this sculpture en situ at the Pilloff's residence; also a hard copy Howard Ben Tré, Hudson Hills Press, inscribed "Form y Dear Friends Francine & Benson, with Appreciation & Love, Howard, p.s. 12/10/99"
The Christian Science Monitor described Ben Tré's poured glass works as timeless, monumental and "hulking, architectural forms he creates...existed before the dawn of recorded history." His distinctive glass sculptures were pivotal in breaking the barrier of glass from craft to fine art.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Howard Ben Tré received his undergraduate degree from Portland State University, Oregon, and earned an MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1980. Since the late 1970s, when he first became interested in making cast-glass sculptures, Ben Tré won international recognition for his work.
Early in his career Ben Tré made objects that resembled turbine engines, radiators, and other items that alluded to the world of industry. His later work took on a columnar format and became larger in scale. An industrial ethos still clings to the work, but it frequently also refers to art of the past, including architectural elements borrowed from ancient temples or ziggurats. Almost from the beginning, Ben Tré rejected hand-blown glass, preferring to cast molten glass, using methods he learned in a metal-foundry class at Brooklyn Technical High School.
Natural hairline fractures (according to the artist part of the process); the base with some hairline cracks and small flakes at the site lines.
Note this lot is of substantial size and weight and will require professional assistance upon pick-up. LLA will not be able to provide assistance with handling of the object.
