A painting of approximately this title and exactly this size was exhibited in Cincinnati's Traxel's Art Galleries in April 1923. The style, palette and composition, however, appear to coincide with works done at the Cheyenne Reservation in about 1904. See for example, #569.

Evening Camp Crow Reservation; (Ration Day); [Evening on the Little Big Horn, Crow Camp, Ration Day]

Record ID: 567

Date: ca. 1904; [after 1899]

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 16 x 22 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. On upper stretch bar: Evening on the Little Big Horn / Crow Damp - Ration Day

Owner: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN

Accession Number: 2015.8.132

Provenance: The artist; [?]; Kenneth S. "Bud" and Nancy Adams; present owner by bequest

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.

Evening Camp Crow Reservation; (Ration Day); [Evening on the Little Big Horn, Crow Camp, Ration Day]

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