It is thought that this portrait, titled Chief Joseph, was fist displayed at the St. Botolph Club in Boston in early 1903. Sharp had visited the Northwest the previous summer where the somber Nez Perce chief sat for him.

According to Sharp's sales ledgers, this portrait sold to Cole in July, 1928 for $450. He titled it Head of Chief Joseph. (Sharp Papers)

Chief Joseph

Alternate Title:

Joseph, Nez Perce; Head of Chief Joseph

Record ID: 25

Date: ca. 1902; [1890]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 14 1/4 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.427

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Brooklyn, NY, 1927; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955; present owner by gift

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.

Chief Joseph

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