This version of Two Leggins appeared in Sharp's Special Exhibition of Indian Portraits Painted from Life at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC in 1901. This early portrait of the legendary chief of the Mountain Crow was illustrated in Leslies Weekly, January 3, 1907 and the Portland Oregonian, February 23, 1908. (See a second version, #209)

Two Leggins. Head Chief of Big Hiorn Crows; [Two Leggins, Crow Chief]

Record ID: 251

Date: 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP / CROW RES / MONT; UL: TWO LEGGINS - CROW CHIEF

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.209.420

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 Leggins. Head Chief of Big Hiorn Crows; [Two Leggins, Crow Chief]

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