This portrait was initially displayed at the Cincinnati Museum in October of 1900. It appeared a year later at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC where it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution.

Another version of this man's portrait was purchased by Joseph Butler in 1912. (see related image, #344)

Two Dogs

Alternate Title:

TwoDogs - Sioux

Record ID: 250

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. / PINE RIDGE / S.D; UL: TWO DOGS - SIOUX

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.209.416

Provenance:

The artist; present owner by purchase, 1901

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.

Two Dogs

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