Morning in Aspen Forest; [Morning in Aspen Forest Near Taos, Hondo Cañon]

This painting was first exhibited as Morning in Aspen Forest in Cincinnati at Kreimer & Brother, Co. in November 1935. The exhibit was titled Hawaiian and Taos Paintings.

Sharp's sales ledgers indicate that Gilcrease purchased this landscape directly from the artist in January 1950. (Sharp Papers)

There are a couple of related images such as #s 319 and 630.

Morning in Aspen Forest; [Morning in Aspen Forest Near Taos, Hondo Cañon]

Alternate Title:

Aspens in the Morning Light; Morning in Aspen Grove; Aspens at Amizette

Record ID: 24

Date: ca. 1935; [1939]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28 3/8 x 35 5/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H. Sharp. Taos

Inscribed on dust cover: "Morning in Aspen Forest - Near Taos. Hondo Cañon. 1939-1940. Near end of trail to Twining, old mining town. J.H. Sharp". Inscribed upside down on verso: "Aspen at Amizette"

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.320

Provenance:

The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1950; 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.

Morning in Aspen Forest; [Morning in Aspen Forest Near Taos, Hondo Cañon]

Related

Aspens, Hondo Road from Twining

Aspens - Twining (ca. 1935)

John in the Aspen (1935)

Gold and Silver; [Aspen-Hondo Canyon-Falling Leaves]

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