Cast in polyester resin in 1970, this vertical column by De Wain Valentine demonstrates the artist's singular command of industrial material transformed into meditative object. Measuring a slender 38.1 by 10.8 by 7.6 centimeters, the work belongs to a pivotal moment in Valentine's practice when he was pushing the physical limits of large-scale resin casting while simultaneously refining intimate, precisely proportioned forms. The deep, optically active quality of cast polyester resin allows light to penetrate and shift across the surface, creating an inner luminosity that no conventional painting or sculpture medium could replicate. Valentine was central to the Light and Space movement flourishing in Southern California at this time, and this piece carries all the hallmarks of that tradition, namely a sustained interest in perception, transparency, and the sensory encounter between viewer and object. The resin's chromatic depth rewards close attention, revealing subtle gradations that shift depending on the ambient light and the viewer's position. Rather than asserting itself through scale, the work achieves its presence through concentration, distilling Valentine's broader philosophical concerns into a form small enough to hold in one hand yet visually expansive enough to sustain prolonged looking. Available through Peter Blake Gallery, this 1970 work represents an accessible point of entry into a body of work that has grown considerably in institutional and collector recognition. Valentine's pieces from this period are held in major museum collections, and works of this vintage, particularly those that unite technical mastery with quiet formal elegance, are increasingly sought after by collectors focused on postwar California art and the Light and Space canon.