Stacked Pentagon Candle Sculpture (2 of 4)
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Stacked Pentagon Candle Sculpture is a group of four objects that evoke industrial construction as well as the art of the jeweler. In each piece, tiny, elegantly twisted wires secure the stamped plates to the slender uprights. The wires, like those used to hold a jeweler's materials together for soldering, also remind us of the rebar and framing of a modern building, an image reinforced by the dark, slate bases of the candle sculpture.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971-1986)
- Copyright
- © 1994, Boris Bally
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1988
- Object number
- 1994.43.2
- Artist
- Boris Bally, born Chicago, IL 1961
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts
- Crafts
- Medium
- hand-fabricated, die-formed and cold-joined silver-plated brass, slate, and sterling silver
- Dimensions
- 6 3/4 x 4 x 4 in. (17.2 x 10.3 x 10.3 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 52B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Record ID
- saam_1994.43.2
