On verso: Soon Oop Old War Chief Shoshone descendent of Saca taweah [sic]

According to a letter from Sharp to Gest on 11/20/07, Sharp visited the Shoshone and Arapaho at Ft. Washakie, WY in the fall of 1907 and may have, according to some of Sharp's notes on paintings of Shoshone and Arapaho Indians, also painted there as early as 1904. (see #87)

Soon-Op, Shoshone; [Soon Oop]

Record ID: 300

Date: ca. 1907; [1890]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.435

Provenance: The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; 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.

Soon-Op, Shoshone; [Soon Oop]

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