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The Mystery of Fire, Black Deer

This is probably a portrait of Alberto Luhan who posed for Sharp in the nude during the summer of 1915 and appeared in several larger compositions including The Old War Shield. (related image, #360)  A painting titled The Mystery of Fire was presented at the galleries of the Hotel Gibson in Cincinnati in 1919. This could be that work.

 

See also a similar study in size, subject and composition, Beside the Teepee's Blaze. (related image, #662)

The Mystery of Fire, Black Deer

Alternate Title: Indian Firelight

Record ID: 690

Date: ca. 1915

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 x 20 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 31.25.78


Provenance: The artist; [?]; H.J. Lutcher Stark; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1999; accession to Stark Museum of Art

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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.