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Strikes His Enemy Pretty (Head #5)

Portraits of this popular Crow model, Strikes His Enemy Pretty, do not begin to be part of Sharp's many early exhibitions until around 1906. Many subsequent portraits with a variety of poses followed shortly after that. Sharp sold this portrait to Butler in March 1906. (sales ledger, Sharp Papers) Other versions posed with a feather bonnet include #s 13 and 292.

Strikes His Enemy Pretty (Head #5)

Record ID: 342

Date: ca. 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

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

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-510

Provenance:

The artist; Joseph G. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, OH, 1906; present owner by purchase, 1913

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.