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Leaf Down; [Leaf Down - Taos Indian Girl]

A painting titled Leaf Down - Taos Girl was exhibited at the Traxel Art Galleries in Cincinnati in December 1928. However, that work was illustrated in the Cincinnati Enquirer (12/2/1928) as Sage and Thistle and again on 12/1/29 as Down Leaf, Taos Indian Girl.  (see related image, #39)  A couple of portraits simply titled Leaf Down were exhibited in 1929 at the Traxel Art Galleries. This then could reasonably be one of those.

 

About a decade later, this painting was apparently still unsold.  Sharp offered it or one of the two similar oils, #s 212a or 212b, at the Kreimer & Brother, Co. galleries in 1936, according to a review of the show in the Cincinnati Enquirer (11/21/1936). It was described as Leaf Down which showed the sitter "brilliantly illuminated by the light of a fire which throws her shadow in a dramatic way on the wall of the adobe."

Leaf Down; [Leaf Down - Taos Indian Girl]

Record ID: 212

Date: 1928-1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR:J.H.SHARP.

Owner: Denver Art Museum, Denver CO

Accession Number: 1999.291


Provenance:

The artist; [?]; [Fenn Gallery, Santa Fe NM]; Private Collection, Albuquerque; Purchased by Anne Maer, 1998 [Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, NM]; gifted to Denver Art Museum, 1999

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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.