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Old Crow, Crow; [Old Crow]

Penciled on dust cover: Old Crow – 1904-10 – not sure – Last great war chief.  

 

Given the labeling and signature style, this painting was completed sometime in or before 1902.

 

Sharp seemed to revere this man primarily because, as a "great war chief" among the Crows he had "called off many battles against the whites, as well as war against his Indian enemies." He was also praised by the artist because he was "The first Indian to plant a seed in the ground, and always for the advancement of his people." (Letter Sharp to Butler, 2/15/04, Sharp Papers)

Old Crow, Crow; [Old Crow]

Record ID: 480

Date: ca. 1902; [1904-1910]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 17 x 13 in.

Signature / Inscription: UL: OLD CROW. UR: CROW WAR CHIEF. CR: J.H.SHARP.

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.454

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.