Sharp, in his notes for Thomas Gilcrease, wrote that Short Bull was "A medicine chief and one of the leaders of the Ghost Dance religion. This is said to be the only portrait of Short Bull ever painted." (Gilcrease Museum archives)

Short Bull, Sioux; [Chief Short Bull]

Record ID: 541

Date: ca. 1900; [1890]

Medium:

oil on canvas

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.446

Provenance: The artist; [?]; present owner by gift

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.

Short Bull, Sioux; [Chief Short Bull]

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