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Dahlias

Dahlias were a favorite of Sharp’s.  The first recorded exhibition of a dahlia painting was in 1927 at his annual Cincinnati show at the Traxel Art Galleries. He painted more than half a dozen known dahlia still-life oils.

Dahlias

Record ID: 638

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp’s hand: DAHLIAS

Owner: Stark Msueum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 31.25.18

Provenance: The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1956; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965

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.