This canvas may have been exhibited at Traxel Art Galleries, Cincinnati, in 1927 (#23, Dahlias). It may have been purchased by A.L. Farnsworth, no date (612 N. Rich Ave., Roswell, NM), dimensions match, title is 'Dahlias'” (Note from Sharp Papers, Box 1, Folder 24). Yet it also may have been purchased by Mrs. J. H. Price, Houston (May 1945), title is “Dahlias” and dimensions match (sales ledgers, Sharp Papers).

Dahlias, Asters and Various Flowers

Record ID: 285

Date: ca. 1927

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP.

Stamp on lower right edge of canvas on verso: _____STS FINE LINEN CANVAS

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 1965.2.343

Provenance: The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1956; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965

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.

Dahlias, Asters and Various Flowers

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