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Chief White Calf - Blackfoot

On a note in the museum's records (probably made by Sharp) is written: "The chief at present recognized by the government. White-Calf, the last of the Piegan head chiefs, was a famous warrior as a young man. In his later life he was renowned as a peace-maker. He died in 1904 while on a trip to Washington, D. C."

Chief White Calf - Blackfoot

Record ID: 130

Date: ca. 1901

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H. SHARP

Owner: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Berkeley, CA

Accession Number: 17-21

Provenance:

The artist; Phoebe Hearst, San Francisco, CA, 1901; 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.