Bench for Claude Monod II
Artist: Howard Ben Tré (American, 1949-2020)
Date: 1990-1992
Dimensions:
Each bench) H: 19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm); W: 26 5/8 in. (67.6 cm); L: 54 in. (137.2 cm)
Medium: Glass cast in sand mold with brass
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1992.19A-B
Label Text:Sculptor Howard Ben Tré has chosen cast glass as his primary medium of artistic expression, using it to explore the merging of organic and geometric qualities in form and decoration. He is particularly drawn to sand-casting, a process that gives an aged feeling to contemporary shapes while preserving the formal sculptural dialog between interior and exterior. Ben Tré’s sculptures are suggestive of residual creations of an imagined civilization. Commissioned for the Museum as gallery furniture (please have a seat), the benches were named for Ben Tré’s late friend, the French glass artist Claude Monod (1945–1990).
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