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Black Eagle,Cheyenne; [Black Eagle]

Penciled on dust cover on verso: 1898-1900 Black Eagle - Cheyenne has personal war emblems on face - designs of paint all different - A very strong, resolute character - Cover the Indian hair, & the face might be any nationality.

 

The style of this work and the signature type suggest a date after 1903.

Black Eagle,Cheyenne; [Black Eagle]

Record ID: 457

Date: ca. 1904; [1898-1900]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP.

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.450

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; present owner by gift 1955

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.