Table
- Title:
- Icarus, Adventures of the Heart
- Object Name:
- Table
- Object ID:
- 1996.008
- Creator:
- Brooks, Jon
Woodworker - Place of Origin:
- New Boston, NH
- Date:
- 1989
- Description:
- Table, titled "Icarus, Adventures of the Heart," made by Jon Brooks, New Boston, NH, 1989. Painted maple wood and aluminum. Table top of sand-blasted aluminum, four-legged stand of maple wood (wood from single sapling, procured from Brooks' property in New Boston). Top wedge-shaped, with wing-like projections underneath. Aluminum silver color with numerous colored squiggles. Wood stand is black (aniline dye), with numerous colored squiggles. Squiggle colors (done in color pencil) include reds, greens, purples, pinks, white, yellow, orange, and blue. Table signed and dated by the artist, near base of one leg, "jon brooks 1989".
- Material:
- Wood
Maple
Metal
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-47.5 W-37.5 D-12 inches
- Provenance:
- Jon Brooks donated this maple and aluminum sculpture in response to a request made of selected artists exhibited in "Traditional Crafts, Contemporary Responses," NHHS, 1994.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jon Brooks
- People:
- Brooks, Jon (1944- )
- Subjects:
- Tables
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