This was an important early Sharp acquisition for Gilcrease. The Blue Door Gallery in Taos was operated by Margaret Berg and her husband. After Gilcrease bought this work from Berg, he met Sharp. Subsequently, Berg helped Sharp select over 75 works for the Oklahoma patron to consider. (see Porter, 1999, 177)

Winter Sports

Alternate Title: Winter Sports, Crow Reservation

Record ID: 59

Date: ca. 1910; [ca.1890]

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 42 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: JHSHARP.

Inscribed on dust cover: Winter Sports (throwing darts) Crow Reservation within few miles of Custer Battlefield Blackfeet visitors.

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.298

Provenance:

The artist; Blue Door Gallery, Taos, NM; 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.

Winter Sports

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