Due to inclement weather and potential for treacherous driving conditions for our patrons and staff, the High Museum of Art will be closed on Sunday, January 25.
If you have already purchased tickets for this date, we will honor them during your next daytime visit. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and encourage you to stay safe.
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (American, 1830–1908), The Sleeping Faun, after 1865, marble, gift of the West Foundation in honor of Gudmund Vigtel and Michael E. Shapiro, 2010.61.
In 2010, a significant gift from the West Foundation of Atlanta established a landmark collection of American Neoclassical sculpture at the High. The Museum’s holdings feature mythological, literary, and classical subjects that reflect the taste and concerns of nineteenth-century Americans. Artists represented in the collection include Horatio Greenough, William Wetmore Story, Harriet Hosmer, and Hiram Powers.
Margaret and Terry Stent Associate Curator of American Art