Session Four

Viewing Collections and Treasures

Session Four has two parts:

Part One- For our Class Session we will have a guest speaker from the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Museums of Art with us in class via Zoom to talk with us about the conservation of paintings including the Collection by artist Henry Inman. ( See below for more information about the Straus Center.

Part Two - Also in our Class Session, class participants are invited to share with the class their own special Indigenous art collections.. (Send photos ahead of time)

For Background Information on the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Museums of Art:

Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

The Art of Conservation at the Straus Center. By Lotem Loeb, The Harvard Crimson, April 3, 2024

Tah-Col-o-Quoit Rising Cloud)Asakiwaki/Sauk Warrior; representative of the Sauk and Fox coalition (Image below)

Henry Inman, painting of [Tah-Col-o-Quoit], ca.1832

On view for the first time at the Harvard Art Museums are portraits of [Tah-Col-o-Quoit (Rising Cloud)]—an Asakiwaki/Sauk warrior—and a Chippewa chief, believed to be [Weesh-Cub (The Sweet)]. Painted by Henry Inman (1801–1846), these paintings provide a sneak peek into a broader collection currently undergoing conservation treatment at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Museums of Art.