Temple’s Gate Pass

Wayne Higby, Temple's Gate Pass, 1988, earthenware and glaze, overall: 14338 in. (35.683.820.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick, 1993.54.6A-J, © 1988, Wayne Higby

Artwork Details

Title
Temple’s Gate Pass
Artist
Date
1988
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 14338 in. (35.683.820.3 cm)
Copyright
© 1988, Wayne Higby
Credit Line
Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick
Mediums
Mediums Description
earthenware and glaze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — weather — snow
  • Landscape — canyon
  • Landscape — river
Object Number
1993.54.6A-J

Artwork Description

Landscape imagery . . . provides a way to escape the bonds of reality . . . . I am able to stand on the mesa and experience myself as in a dream. -- Wayne Higby 

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Works by this artist (2 items)

Bumpei Usui, Dahlias, 1938, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration, 1971.447.90
Dahlias
Date1938
oil on canvas
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

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