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Lame Bull, Gros Ventre; [Chief Lame Bull]

Penciled on verso: Gros-Ventre Chief Lame Bull - 1897-9 - One of the older Chiefs and tribal leaders. Kindly, firm and resolute, he was greatly loved and respected. I seldom came in contact with any of the old Indians but [sic] had the same fine character - human.

 

It is not known when Sharp painted among the Gros Ventre Indians.  The signature type would date this painting around 1905.

Lame Bull, Gros Ventre; [Chief Lame Bull]

Record ID: 468

Date: ca. 1905; [1897-1899]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0136.502

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; 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.