![Sam Middle Calf, Blackfoot; [Sam Middle Calf]](https://centerofthewest.org/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,scq=60,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/bbcw-remington/sharp-catalog/1600x/Record 74.jpg "Sam Middle Calf, Blackfoot; [Sam Middle Calf]")
Sam Middle Calf, Blackfoot; [Sam Middle Calf]
Record ID: 74
Date: 1905
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 21 x 15 in.
Signature / Inscription:
LR: J.H.SHARP.05.
Inscribed on paper attached to dust cover: "Sam Middle Calf-Blk'ft-1905 Hereditary Chief and has his father's War Bonnet on. A fine, educated boy, and has probably been of much value to the tribe"
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.457
Provenance:
The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK, 1955; present owner by gift
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.