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Early Moonlight on the Little Big Horn, Montana; [Moonlight, Camp on the Little Big Horn - Montana]

There is no known recorded painting with the title Moonlight, Camp on the Little Big Horn - Montana. A painting of this scene bearing the title of Early Moonlight on the Little Bighorn, Montana and with almost the same measurements was exhibited in Cincinnati at the Traxel Art Galleries in November and December 1923. The exhibition was titled Indian Paintings and Western Landscapes and Sketches in Africa and Spain. However, this may be confused with another work with the same title, #269.

Early Moonlight on the Little Big Horn, Montana; [Moonlight, Camp on the Little Big Horn - Montana]

Record ID: 287

Date: ca. 1923; [ca. 1908]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 30 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp's hand: MOONLIGHT / CAMP ON THE LITTLE BIG HORN - MONT. / around 1898-1900

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 31.25.36

Provenance: The artist; [?]; [Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1957; 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.