Despite the inference of Sharp's title recorded on the verso of this canvas, the primary subject of this paintings is not a Crow chief's living quarters. The large teepee was owned by the artist and came from the Blackfeet Reservation far to the north.

The Chief's Lodge, Crow Reservation, Montana

Record ID: 669

Medium: oil on canvas

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

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp's hand: THE CHIEF'S LODGE - CROW RES. MONTANA. / Last Skin teepee (Buffalo, Elk, Buckskin & c) / Used by any Indians / Purchased about 1989-1900 / Now in S.W. Museum / Los Angeles, Cal.

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 31.25.56

Provenance: The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1955; 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

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 Chief's Lodge, Crow Reservation, Montana

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