Sharp's sales ledgers for July 1941 record the sale of four paintings, including this 14 x 10 in. portrait, to A. L. Durand, Hobart, OK. (Sharp Papers) The signature style suggests that this portrait was painted after 1903.

Handsome Stealer - Blackfoot

Alternate Title:

Handsome Stealer Blackfoot Squaw

Record ID: 580

Date: ca. 1904

Medium: oil on canvs

Dimensions: 14 x 10 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL; J.H.SHARP. TOP: HANDSOME STEALER - BLACKFOOT

Owner: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK

Accession Number: 1976.34.1

Provenance:

The artist; A. L. Durand, Hobart, OK, 1941; [?]; Joseph G. Rucks; present owner by gift

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.

Handsome Stealer - Blackfoot

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