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Temple’s Gate Pass

Wayne Higby, Temple's Gate Pass, 1988, earthenware and glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick, 1993.54.6A-J, © 1988, Wayne Higby

Wayne Higby, Temple's Gate Pass, 1988, earthenware and glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick, 1993.54.6A-J, © 1988, Wayne Higby

Wayne Higby, Temple's Gate Pass, 1988, earthenware and glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick, 1993.54.6A-J, © 1988, Wayne Higby

Copied Wayne Higby, Temple's Gate Pass, 1988, earthenware and glaze, overall: 14 x 33 x 8 in. (35.6 x 83.8 x 20.3 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: Wayne Higby
Date: 1988
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: overall: 14 x 33 x 8 in. (35.6 x 83.8 x 20.3 cm)
Copyright: © 1988, Wayne Higby
Credit Line: Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick
Mediums: earthenware
Mediums Description: earthenware and glaze
Classifications: Decorative Arts
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

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Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery

November 13, 2015–March 6, 2022

Renwick Gallery

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.