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Chief Bear in the Cloud

Penciled on cardboard backing: Chief Bear in the Cloud Crow-1906-10. Painted several of him. Penciled on paper glued to backing: Chief Bear in the Cloud – Crow- 1906-10 In his war regalia – later became Chief of Indian Police, with – swell outfit & shoulder straps. Big man and exacted obedience- Personally a dandy- wore four earrings in each ear, his dress always elaborate. Most proud of his police position

 

This portrait was exhibited in 1906 in New York at the Fishel, Adler & Schwartz Galleries, in Cincinnati’s Closson Galleries in 1908, in Indianapolis also in 1908, and back in Cincinnati in 1912 and 1916. When Cole purchased it is unknown.

Chief Bear in the Cloud

Alternate Title:

Bear in the Cloud, Crow; Bear in the Cloud, Crow Chief

Record ID: 452

Date: 1906

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.501

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.