Artist:

Wayne Higby, born Colorado Springs, CO 1943  Search this

Medium:

porcelain and glaze

Dimensions:

16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (42.5 x 57.8 x 24.1 cm)

Type:

Decorative Arts-Ceramic

Crafts

Date:

1998

Luce Center Label:

Lake Powell Memory—Winter Rain is one in a series inspired by visits to the flooded canyon of Lake Powell in Utah. Wayne Higby lightly sketched into the porcelain a rippling lake bordered by the raised outlines of towering mountains. The diagonal lines that cut across the landscape signify sheets of rain; the rough edges of the slab of clay and its two accompanying “boulders” suggest the jagged cliffs nearby. Higby’s interest in Asian ceramic techniques led him to glaze his work in celadon to produce a pale, misty effect.

Topic:

Landscape\season\winter  Search this

Landscape\weather\rain  Search this

Allegory\other\memory  Search this

Landscape\lake\Lake Powell  Search this

Landscape\canyon\Glen Canyon  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Florence L. MacIntyre, Henry Sandham, and Helen Burr Smith

Object number:

2001.36A-D

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Renwick Gallery

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74ec2a90d-f583-45ea-80bc-2396dc77b872

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2001.36A-D