Spotted Eagle, Blackfoot; [Chief Spotted Eagle]

Penciled on dust cover: "Chief Spotted Eagle, Blk'ft 1902-5." On paper attached to dust cover: "Chief Spotted Eagle-Blk'ft-1902-5 Indian tribes had many chiefs-sub-chiefs / + ets [sic] like U.S.Army. From Generals on down."

Walter McClintock, the photographer, described Spotted Eagle as "a noted medicine man, who made a specialty of the Sun-dance ceremonial." (Grafe, 2009, 133)

Spotted Eagle, Blackfoot; [Chief Spotted Eagle]

Alternate Title:

Spotted Eagle, Blackfoot

Record ID: 358

Date: ca. 1902-1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.416

Provenance:

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

Spotted Eagle, Blackfoot; [Chief Spotted Eagle]

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