There are three known bust portraits of Juan Concha, this and two unfinished oils, #264 and related image, #582. In 1908, according to his sales ledgers, Sharp sold what he referred to as "Head of Juan Concha" to Fred Harvey at the El Tovar Hotel at Grand Canyon for $160. It could be any one of the three known versions. Whichever it was, it probably went to Harvey for resale. Sharp's sales ledgers also list an unlocated full figure oil painting of Concha selling for $300 in 1908. (Sharp Papers)

Concha; "Concha," Pueblo of Taos, N.M.

Alternate Title:

Study in Sunlight, Taos Indian; [Montana Blackfoot Indian]

Record ID: 500

Date: 1898

Medium:

watercolor on paper

Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP. / 98

On verso of this watercolor, in Sharp's hand, is the inscription, "Study in Sunlight, Taos Indian. New Mex. by J.H.Sharp"

Owner: The Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM

Provenance:

The artist, Fred Harvey, Grand Canyon, AZ, 1908; [?] 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.

Concha; "Concha," Pueblo of Taos, N.M.

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Concha -- Taos, ca. 1899

Juan Concha (1898)

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