Post War & Contemporary Art 
11 March 2021
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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John Henry 1943–2022

Pine Point

2006
silver leaf over brass 10½ h × 7½ w × 6½ d in (27 × 19 × 17 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,375
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Incised signature, title, date and number to underside ‘Pine Point 006-56-SBP-Gilded 3/8 John Henry copyright 2006’. This is work number 3 from the edition of 8.
provenance: Private Collection, Chicago

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5 Things to Know About John Henry

1. John Henry is the son of a construction engineer. 

2. He is internationally recognized for his large-scale public works of art which can be found in many important museum, corporate, public and private collections across the globe. 

Pittsburgh (aka “The French Fry sculpture”), 1977 located in Frank Curto Park, Polish Hill

3. Henry was a founding member—alongside Mark di Suervo, Charles Ginniver, Kenneth Snelson, and Lyman Kipp—of the artist-owned gallery, ConStruct. 

4. A major supporter of the arts, he actively coordinates, advises and curates large-scale public exhibitions across the country. 

5. He and his wife, Pamela Henry founded the Sculpture Fields at Montague Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee which opened to the public in 2016.

Most schools talk about how great the ideas are, but an idea is not worth a damn if you can’t make it happen....Ideas are a dime a dozen. Things that get built are something different.

John Henry

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