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Elk Foot and Bawling Deer (Firelight and Twilight); [Elk Foot and Bawling Deer]

This painting is probably a set piece Sharp exhibited in 1926 at the Traxel Art Galleries in Cincinnati. The exhibition was titled Indian Paintings and Western Landscapes and the painting carried the title of Elk Foot and Bawling Deer (Firelight and Twilight). Another similar work, though more interse in color contrasts, is the Red Stone Pipe, #504.

Elk Foot and Bawling Deer (Firelight and Twilight); [Elk Foot and Bawling Deer]

Record ID: 706

Date: ca. 1926; [ca. 1915]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.

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

Owner: El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, TX

Accession Number: 1968.33.2

Provenance: The artist; [?]; El Paso Art Museum Association Member's Guild; 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.