Penciled UC on dust cover: Green Corn Dance – Taos. Before the Architecture was walled up – 30 years ago. Home of Govr Manuel Castellano. Penciled on paper on verso: The Rhythm of the Dance. J.H. Sharp. Taos. Inscribed in LR of frame on verso: This frame property of J.H. Sharp
Sharp’s sales ledgers indicate that Gilcrease purchased this work in September 1949. (Sharp Papers) This is said to be Sharp’s last painting. (Fenn, 2007, 277)
Green Corn Dance – Taos; [Green Corn Dance]
Alternate Title:
The Rhythm of the Dance
Record ID: 408
Date: 1949
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32 5/8 x 44 5/8 in.
Signature / Inscription:
LR: J.H.SHARP. 1949
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.303
Provenance:
The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1949; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955; present owner by gift
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