Object Details
- Artist
- William Wilhelmi, born Garwin, IA 1939
- Luce Center Label
- Bill Wilhelmi designed this pair of porcelain cowboy boots specifically for the Renwick Gallery show, American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art. The artist was inspired to begin casting ceramic cowboy boots after seeing a collection of authentic footwear. This pair of boots is unique because it was the first that Wilhelmi modeled in porcelain. They were cast from an actual pair and as a result exhibit signs of aging in the creased porcelain at the ankles. The wing tips on the toes of the shoes, as well as the heels, are glazed with a gold luster, and the boots are airbrushed with an evening desert landscape.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
- 1980
- Object number
- 1981.107A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- slip-cast, airbrushed-underglaze and glazed porcelain with gold lusters
- Dimensions
- left boot: 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 4 in. (36.2 x 26.0 x 10.2 cm) right boot: 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. (36.2 x 26.0 x 10.5 cm)
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 54A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\desert
- Landscape\weather\cloud
- Landscape\celestial\star
- Landscape\plant\cactus
- Record ID
- saam_1981.107A-B
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c6706278-9a9c-4411-a1d6-95f4f93ae005
