This is one of two portraits Sharp made of this venerated Oglala Lakota leader. This, like the other version, was acquired by Thomas Gilcrease and displayed in Sharp's retrospective exhibition in 1949. Since Crazy Horse died in 1877, both works were painted posthumously from photographs. (see related image, #80)

Chief Crazy Horse

Alternate Title:

Crazy Horse, Sioux

Record ID: 69

Date: 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LC: J.H.Sharp. 05.

Inscribed on dust cover: Chief Crazy Horse-Sioux 1905 Noted Custer Battle warrior and diplomat-Washington visits-Pres. Grant gave him medal. Red Eagle feathers on head denotes "I have killed my enemies in honorary battle"

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.381

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; 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.

Chief Crazy Horse

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Crazy Horse (1905)

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