Blackfeet Lodges, Glacier Park, Montana
Record ID: 644
Date: 1902-1907
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 24 1/4 in.
Signature / Inscription:
LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp's hand: BLACKFEET LOGES-GLACIER PARK, MONTANA. / (AT A WATER HOLE) / PREPARING FOR A MEDICINE SWEAT / Carry hot stones in the the little teepee, / then go inside, strip, & pour water on / the stones for sweat bath. / All plains Indians do it. J.H. Sharp. ? Painted in the / Early 1900's
Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX
Accession Number: 31.25.28
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.
