The Governor and Family
Record ID: 670
Date: ca. 1929
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 1/8 x 20 1/8 in.
Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp's hand: THE GOVERNOR AND FAMILY / TAOS INDIANS / BY J.H.SHARP / Late 1920
Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX
Accession Number: 31.25.55
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.