Sharp enjoyed painting en plein air in the wintery Montana outdoors. This work though was viewed from his studio window. He generally disliked summer's verdure in Northwest, but the stark contrasts of winter as seen here appealed to him greatly.

The Winter Screen

Alternate Title: The Winter Screen, Crow Agency, Montana

Record ID: 642

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. Verso: The Winter Screen / From my cabin back yard / Crow Agency, Montana / Not for Sale [scratch out of Kardex Card] / $350.00

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 31.25.22

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, 1965The 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.

The Winter Screen

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