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Chief Little Wolf, Cheyenne; [Little Wolf]

Penciled on verso: "Little Wolf Great Cheyenne Chief 1906 Second in command of all Cheyenne in Custer Battle. Two Moons first Little Wolf was the brains and tactition of battle- His uncle, Little Wolf, George Bird Grinnell (authorative historian) thought him the greatest Indian Chief of all - The Government took him and followers to Oklahoma for safety - He did not like it there and struck out for his home in Montana - Gen'l Miles followed him for months, was outwitted and got home, and the Gov't let him stay - I only got one portrait of him and it is Hearst Collection in Smithsonian, Wash'tn."

 

This is a portrait of Laban Little Wolf, the war hero's nephew. The Hearst Collection is in Berkley not Washington, DSC.

Chief Little Wolf, Cheyenne; [Little Wolf]

Record ID: 419

Date: 1906

Medium: oil on canvas

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

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. 06.

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.458

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

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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.