Temple's+Gate+Pass

Date: 1988
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/1993/1993.54.6A-J_1a.jpg?itok=eA72UHVJ width="419" height="315" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/temples-gate-pass-33783"]] || Title: **Temple's Gate Pass**

Artist: **Wayne Higby**  Born: Colorado Springs, Colorado 1943

Medium: hand-built, raku-fired, and glazed earthenware Dimensions: 14 x 33 x 8 in. (35.6 x 83.8 x 20.3 cm)  Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick

Accession: 1993.54.6A-J || //Temple's Gate Pass// comprises five lidded vessels that together suggest a section of the Colorado River and its canyons. Wayne Higby draws freely from the sparse, sculptural canyons, valleys, and mountains of the desert Southwest for his imagery. We see in this piece a three-dimensional landscape created from the earth (clay) and glazed. Higby's primary interest, however, is in creating an illusion of an earthscape on a small scale. Despite its size, the sculpture suggests a monumental chunk of land torn from the planet for display and contemplation.
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Higby Temple's Gate Information Higby and Bruria Fact Sheet Wayne Highby on Steven Young Lee - Connections Video
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About the Artist Part of an Online Exhibition <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;">SAAM Collections Page
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