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