Penciled on verso: Mr. Walter Miller / Glendale / Ohio. Engraved label: White Paint Mountain / Old War Chief / 1859 J.H.Sharp 1953 (Sharp's sales ledgers for September 1919 record two sales to Walter H.. Miller which probably includes this work. (Sharp Papers)

In 1916 at Cincinnati's Hotel Gibson galleries a painting titled White Paint Mountain was exhibited for what is probably the first time. Given the dramatic firelight effect, similar to another work in that show, The War Bonnet, this would fit the style of his paintings at this period. (related image, #12) A painting titled White Paint Mountain (By Firelight) was exhibited in the same venue in 1919. It was probably this work as well.

White Paint Mountain (Old War Chief)

Record ID: 523

Date: ca. 1916

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Forsyth Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Accession Number: 988.001.0201

Provenance:

The artist; Walter H. Miller, Glendale, OH, 1919; [?]; Bill & Irma Runyon; Texas A&M Foundation; present owner

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.

White Paint Mountain (Old War Chief)

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