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Bear Breath, Oglala Sioux; [Bear Breath]

Penciled on verso: Bear Breath SIOUX.

 

Sharp did not visit the Sioux until 1900.  The style of this portrait and its signature type suggest a date of 1903 or later.

Bear Breath, Oglala Sioux; [Bear Breath]

Record ID: 440

Date: ca. 1903; [1890]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP.

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.468

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; 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.