Clarencetown Light, 1971

Red clarencetown light
Clarencetown lights sculpture with info sign
Clarencetown lights sculpture at night
Artist

John Raymond Henry
American, 1943-2022

Art Date

1971

Material

Aluminum, painted red

Dimensions

19.7 x 9.2 x 8.8 inches

Location at the Arboretum

Internationally recognized for his large-scale geometric public sculptures, Henry's inspiration for this piece came while sailing near Clarence Town in the Caribbean. "I was struck by the red and green navigation lights in the harbors, propped up with ropes and side braces", he says. The sculpture has a historically base in Constructionism and is made from machined aluminum coated in industrial paint.

Gift of Nora Carlson, 2019. Additional support provided by Linda and Ken Cutler, 2019.