Rollway

Anne Currier, Rollway, 1992, hand-built and glazed earthenware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, 1997.53A-B
Anne Currier, Rollway, 1992, hand-built and glazed earthenware, assembled: 15 x 21 x 9 in. (38.1 x 53.3 x 22.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, 1997.53A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Rollway
Artist
Date
1992
Location
Dimensions
assembled: 15 x 21 x 9 in. (38.1 x 53.3 x 22.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery
Mediums
Mediums Description
hand-built and glazed earthenware
Classifications
Object Number
1997.53A-B
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.53A-B

Artwork Description

Anne Currier experiments with the look and feel of different shapes, and made the top section of this piece simply because it felt good in her hands. She crafted the sculpture from earthenware and fired it three times to create the gritty surface. The stonelike texture and simple forms conjure something much larger than this ceramic model, evoking finely chiseled architecture or the interlocking parts of a strange machine.

Works by this artist (3 items)

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Cubist
Artist
Date2014
brass, Nevamar laminate, rock, and silver plating
Not on view
Garry Knox Bennett, Boston Kneehole, 1989, Honduras rosewood, maple, aluminum, brick, Fountainhead, Colorcore, antiqued bronze, and watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Anne and Ronald Abramson, the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1990.104, © 1989, Gary Knox Bennett
Boston Kneehole
Artist
Date1989
Honduras rosewood, maple, aluminum, brick, Fountainhead, Colorcore, antiqued bronze, and watercolor
Not on view
Garry Knox Bennett, Bench, 1979, Douglas fir, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman, 1998.122.2A-E, © 1981, Garry K. Bennett
Bench
Artist
Date1979
Douglas fir
Not on view

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