In ink on remains of dust cover: Tree Grave - 1904-5 - 1/2 mile from Custer Battle Field--J.H.Sharp.

This, like #393, is a study for a large, burial painting, Mourning Her Brave, 1904 in a private collection. See related image #391a for an image of the finished work.

Tree Grave

Record ID: 391

Date: ca. 1904

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 9 x 6 1/3 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.493

Provenance: The artist; [?]; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation; present owner by gift, 1955

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.

Tree Grave

Related

Mourning Her Brave (ca. 1904)

Study - Mourning Her Brave

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