I See History Tour I See History Tour

I See History Tour

I See History Tour Objective Students explore American history using gallery activities to connect prior classroom experience with the collection.

I See History Guiding Question What can we learn about people from the things they made, owned, and used?

The following are examples of what your students may see on an I See History Tour at the High Museum of Art.

Viktor Schreckengost, American, 1906 -2008, designer Cown Pottery Studio, Rocky River, OH, 1913 -1931, maker The New Yorker (Jazz) Bowl, 1931 Earthenware with incised and slip decoration, 1993. 13 Purchase in honor of Kathi Pierce Rhodes, President of the Members Guild, 1993 -1994, with funds from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Endowment

Randolph Rogers, American, 1825 -1892 Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1866 Marble, 2010. 85 Gift of the West Foundation in honor of Gudmund Vigtel and Michael E. Shapiro

Vernon Burwell, American, 1916 -1990 Martin Luther King, Jr. And Coretta Scott King, 1987 -1988 Painted concrete over wire and metal armature, 2017. 36 Museum purchase, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection

David Drake, American, 1801 -ca. 1870, maker Jar, 1858 Alkaline-glazed stoneware, 1988. 85 Purchase with funds from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Endowment

Berta Margoulies, American, born Poland, 1907 -1996 Strike, 1948 Bronze, 2004. 176 Purchase with funds from Sherri and Jess Crawford

Francis Davis Millet, American, 1846 -1912 The Expansionist (The Traveled Man), 1899 Oil on canvas, laid on board, 2000. 199 Purchase with funds from the Margaret and Terry Stent Endowment for the Acquisition of American Art, with funds from Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton, Sr. , and Sarah Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable, general funds, and through prior acquisitions from Mr. and Mrs. George E. Missbach, Sr. , 2000. 199

Henry Inman, American, 1801 -1846 Julcee Mathla (Seminole), ca. 1831 -1833 Oil on canvas, 1984. 175 Anonymous gift

Elizabeth Catlett, American, 1915 -2012 Target, ca. 1955 Terracotta, 2006. 28 Purchase with funds from Bridget and Jerry Dobson and General Acquisitions Fund © Elizabeth Catlett/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York