Rain in the Face, Sioux; [Rain in the Face]

Penciled on verso: 1898-1900 Chief Rain the Face Sioux. Penciled on notepaper glued on verso: Rain in the Face - Sioux. With Gall, the two great Chiefs in the Custer Battle. 1894-6.

Rain in the Face died in the fall of 1905. This was probably painted from life, but the signature type on this portrait suggests a date after 1902.

Sharp did a second portrait of Rain in the Face in about 1903. (see related image, #451)

Rain in the Face, Sioux; [Rain in the Face]

Alternate Title:

Chief Rain in the Face

Record ID: 450

Date: ca. 1903; [1898]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 x 13 1/2 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.489

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; present owner by gift 1955

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.

Rain in the Face, Sioux; [Rain in the Face]

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Rain in the Face, Sioux; [Rain in the Face] (ca. 1903)

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