The Old War Shield
Alternate Title: The Warrior
Record ID: 668
Date: ca. 1924; [ca. 1900]
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.
Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp's hand: The Old War Shield-firelight-Taos / Last Buffalo War Shield / Taos Indians had / War bonnet picked up on / Custer Battle Field next day / Now in Okla. Museum
Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX
Accession Number: 31.25.49
Provenance: The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1956; H.J. Lutcher Stark Estate; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965
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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.