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Black Ree, Cheyenne; [Black Ree]

Penciled on cardboard backing: 1897-8 – BLACK REE – Cheyenne – Great hunter, scout & trailer – He always wore the bear tooth on his hair or around his neck – clawed up & proud of the kill.

 

The painting’s style and signature type suggest a date of around 1905.

Black Ree, Cheyenne; [Black Ree]

Record ID: 458

Date: ca. 1905; [1897-1898]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 13 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0136.486

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.