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Crow Papoose and Pueblo Rain Gods

This painting may date about 1927 and be associated with his larger still life, Old Frontier Stuff (#288), another still life painted that year.

Crow Papoose and Pueblo Rain Gods

Alternate Title:

Crow Papoose Doll Board / Romeo and Juliet

Record ID: 284

Date: ca. 1927

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 20 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LL: J.H.SHARP. Verso, top: CROW PAPOOSE AND / PUEBLO RAIN GODS. On backing board in Sharp's hand: CROW PAPOOSE DOLL BOARD. / ROMEO AND JULIET. / Romeo Knocks Tybalt's Head off!

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 1965.2.388

Provenance: The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1955; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965

Related

Untitled JH Sharp artwork

Old Frontier Stuff (1927)

Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

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.