Joseph H. Henry Sharp Catalogue

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The Orator

Penciled on stretcher bar: The Orator. When the painting was sold to Thomas Gilcrease in 1946, the receipt listed the painting as The Chief Speaks - (or The Orator).

The Orator

Alternate Title:

The Chief Speaks

Record ID: 528

Date: ca. 1912; [1900]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 45 3/8 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.338


Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1946; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955; present owner by gift

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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.