This portrait of Laban Little Wolf's wife, Willow Woman, was not exhibited repeatedly in 1908, first at the Closson Galleries in Cincinnati, then in Indianapolis and St. Louis. It appeared next to a portrait of her husband (#419) in a large, 1912 showing at the University Club in Cincinnati titled An Exhibition of Pictures of the West that November.

Wife of Chief Little Wolf - Cheyenne; [Wife of Chief Little Wolf] Cheyenne;

Record ID: 68

Date: 1906

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.Sharp. 06

Inscribed on cardboard backing board: "1906-Wife of Chief Little Wolf-Cheyenne A very lovable character, and more reticent than the men"

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.367

Provenance:

The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1945; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK, 1955; present owner by gift

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.

Wife of Chief Little Wolf - Cheyenne; [Wife of Chief Little Wolf] Cheyenne;

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