Penciled on dust cover on verso: American Horse - Sioux 1897-8 Same great reputation in Custer Battle with most noted ones. When I wanted some personal history or exploits he laughed and said "everybody knows"! Did not seem to care to brag. Get a lot of old time Indians together, and they loved "counting coups"

This is possibly the portrait of American Horse that was exhibited at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY and the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC in 1901. For another version, see #113.

American Horse

Alternate Title:

American Horse, Sioux

Record ID: 453

Date: ca. 1900; [1897]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 7/8 x 14 7/8 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0136.370

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.

American Horse

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