This painting was purchased by Charles Bair from an exhibition of Sharp works in Billings during the summer of 1906. Bair then donated it to the Billings Chamber of Commerce. (sales ledgers, September 1906, Sharp Papers)

A slightly larger version of this scene, titled Crow Reservation, was sold to the City School District of the City of Cincinnati at about this time. (see related image, #614)

The Young Chief

Record ID: 619

Date: 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP 1905

Owner: Billings Chamber of Commerce, Billings, MT (on loan to the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT)

Accession Number: L1998.001-BBC

Provenance: The artist; Charles Bair, Martinsdale, MT; 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.

The Young Chief

Related

Crow Reservation, ca, 1905

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