Wrapped Light 3⁄2

Howard Ben Tré, Wrapped Light 3/2, 2008, cast glass, gold leaf, metal, pigmented waxes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Wendy MacGaw, 2021.42
Copied Howard Ben Tré, Wrapped Light 3/2, 2008, cast glass, gold leaf, metal, pigmented waxes, footprint: 5 1⁄4 in. (13.3 cm) overall: 22 3⁄4 × 8 1⁄4 in. (57.8 × 21 cm) weight: 35.8 lb. (16.2 kg), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Wendy MacGaw, 2021.42

Artwork Details

Title
Wrapped Light 3⁄2
Artist
Date
2008
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
footprint: 5 1⁄4 in. (13.3 cm) overall: 22 3⁄4 × 8 1⁄4 in. (57.8 × 21 cm) weight: 35.8 lb. (16.2 kg)
Credit Line
Gift of Wendy MacGaw
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast glass, gold leaf, metal, pigmented waxes
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
2021.42
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2021.42

Artwork Description

Howard Ben Tré’s Wrapped Light seemingly transcends time and space. Light diffuses through a column of semiopaque glass and gold-leaf surface, casting a transfixing glow—an allusion to the mystery of life beyond the ordinary. Ben Tré achieves this effect by pouring molten glass into molds, a process he engineered in the late 1970s. 

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