In ink on notepaper attached to dust cover: "Night 'Gigging'-(Spearing fish) I used to do this and know considerable about it. Get a thrill when an eel or water snake/ wraps around one's leg! Early night has a lot of fine subdued & tonal color, particularly if one is out quite awhile and observes. Early 1910 Much repainted 1948 J.H.Sharp."

This may be the painting Sharp offered for sale in 1929 as Spear Fishing - Montana at his last Traxel Art Galleries exhibition in Cincinnati.

A related study (#386a), painted in full daylight, exists but does not incorporate the fishermen.

Night Gigging; Spearing Fish

Alternate Title:

Night Gigging; Spear Fishing - Montana

Record ID: 386

Date: 1910/1948

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 13/16 x 40 9/16 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP.

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.330

Provenance:

The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation; present owner by gift, 1955

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.

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