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Joseph H. Henry Sharp Catalogue

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Many White Horses, Blackfoot; -Chief Many White Horses]

Penciled on dust cover: 1905-06 Chief Many White Horses-blackfeet-Mont. Owned the last skin teepee of any Indians in U.S. acquired about 1905-6, now in S.W. Museum Los Angles- J.H.Sharp. Only Indian I ever saw (except Navajos) that let hair grow on his face!" On paper attached to dust cover: "Chief Many White Horses- Blackfeet – 1905 Owned the last all skin tepee (Buffalo elk etc. with legs) of any Indians in U.S. After couple years dickering he turned it over. I used to put it among the Crow teepees & used it in many pictures. It is now in S.W. Indian Museum, Los Angles Only Indian I have seen (except Navajo) that let hair grow on face-!"

Many White Horses, Blackfoot; -Chief Many White Horses]

Record ID: 364

Date: 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. / 05

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.417

Provenance:

The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation; present owner by gift, 1955

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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.