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Little Plume, Blackfoot; [Chief Little Plume]

Penciled on dust cover: Chief Little Plume – Blk’ft 1903-05. On paper attached to dust cover: Chief Little Plume Blk’ft – 1903 – 5

 

Little Plume was an important man among the Blackfeet. He was one of two leading war chiefs.  On formal occasions, when parades were called for, he was often the foremost rider. Walter McClintock photographed him several times, often with a beautiful red fox upright hat adorned with two eagle feathers. (see related image, #371a)

 

For an earlier portrait of this man, see #331.

Little Plume, Blackfoot; [Chief Little Plume]

Record ID: 371

Date: 1903 – 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.394

Provenance:

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

Related

Untitled JH Sharp artwork

Little Plume Standing (1908)

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT

Walter McClintock Collection

Untitled JH Sharp artwork

Chief Little Plume – Blackfoot; [Chief Little Plume]

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

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.