In pencil on verso: John Enos Flathead

Sharp ascribed serious historical deeds to this very old man in his note for the Gilcrease Foundation's 1949 retrospective exhibition catalogue. "A Flathead Indian of the Shoshone Reservation. Acted as guide for Captain Bonneville in 1832 and in same capacity was with Fremont when he climbed Fremont's Peak."

Another version, #394, is in the collections of the University of New Mexico Art Museum.

John Enos, Flathead; [John Enos]

Record ID: 368

Date: 1907

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP. 07

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.407

Provenance:

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

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.

John Enos, Flathead; [John Enos]

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