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Ceremonial Song Lesson, Taos

Penciled on dust cover: "Ceremonial Song Lesson Taos about 1920 Crucita and Black Deer wife and son of Bawling Deer (Now war chief)."

 

When this work was displayed at Sharp’s retrospective exhibition in 1949 at the Gilcrease Museum, it carried the title in the catalogue of Crucita and Bawling Deer, Taos Indians. The artist was said to have described the creative process involved and the juxtaposition of hues as follows: "In the method of the old masters, on white canvas, with white, black and venetian red, and colors glazed on."

Ceremonial Song Lesson, Taos

Alternate Title:

Crucita and Bawling Deer, Taos Indians

Record ID: 390

Date: ca. 1920

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.317

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.