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Chief Mountain

This is probably the painting, titled Chief Mountain, exhibited in 1903 at the St. Botolph Club in Boston.

 

This man was photographed and interviewed by Walter McClintock in 1906.  He was referred to as "Mountain Chief" by the photographer. (Grafe, 2009, 137; see related image, #357a)

Chief Mountain

Alternate Title:

Mountain, Blackfoot

Record ID: 357

Date: 1902

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

UL: CHIEF MOUNTAIN. UR: BLACKFOOT. LR: J.H.SHARP. / 1902

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.396

Provenance:

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

Related

Untitled JH Sharp artwork

Mountain Chief (1906)

(?) Autry Museum of Western Art, Los Angeles, CA   Walter McClintock, photographer

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.