Despite the fact that Sharp referred to his painting, Sioux Scalp Dance of 1946 (#487) as his "Swan Song," he kept painting through the late 1940s. This work, The Medicine Man, and Interior of Sweat Lodge of 1948 (#35) are exemplary.

The Medicine Man

Record ID: 44

Date: 1948

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 35 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: JHSHARP.

Inscribed on dust cover. "The Medicine Man-(Mystery) finished Aug. 1948 J.H.Sharp Painting very thinly painted in various areas. Second face from left is especially thin. Fifth face from left and cloth being held under this fifth face (lavender). First face on right"

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.336

Provenance: The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955; 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.

The Medicine Man

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Interior of Sweat Teepee (1948)

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