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Council Call of Crows: Firelight and Twilight

Despite Sharp's recollections above, this work was probably not painted until about 1927. See note for #283.

Council Call of Crows: Firelight and Twilight

Alternate Title:

Council Call of Crows

Record ID: 65

Date: ca. 1927; [1900]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions:

21 3/16 x 25 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J HSHARP.
Inscribed on original backing board (now in Conservation paper file) on dust cover. "COUNCIL CALL OF CROWS" / Firelight + Twilight-near Custer Battle Field. / Crow Agency Montana / Painted in early 1900. / JHSharp"

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.345

Provenance:

The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK, 1955; present owner by gift

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Created concurrently with Peter Hassrick's 2018 Whitney West publication The Life & Art of Joseph Henry Sharp, this online catalogue highlights more than 700 works by J.H. Sharp that are held in public collections.