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Chief Crazy Bear - Sioux

It is most likely that this portrait was painted from a photograph since the Sioux chief Crazy Bear was killed in 1890 in the Wounded Knee massacre.

Chief Crazy Bear - Sioux

Alternate Title:

Chief Crazy Bear

Record ID: 155

Date: ca. 1900

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LC: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Berkeley, CA

Accession Number: 17-45


Provenance:

The artist; Phoebe Hearst, San Francisco, CA, 1901; 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.