Hawaiian Seed Pods; [Seed Pods and Tapa Cloth Table Cover]

This is likely the painting titled Hawaiian Seed Pods that appeared in Hawaiian and Taos Paintings at Gump's Fine Art Gallery in Honolulu in 1931, # 1.

Sharp's sales ledgers indicate that Gilcrease purchased this still life directly from the artist in January 1950. (Sharp Papers)

Hawaiian Seed Pods; [Seed Pods and Tapa Cloth Table Cover]

Alternate Title:

Seed Pods, Honolulu

Record ID: 34

Date: ca. 1931; [1936]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34 5/8 x 40 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: JH Sharp Honolulu

Inscribed on dust cover: Seed Pods & Tapa Cloth Table Cover Honolulu- 1936-7 There 7 winters. Center light ones, wood Roses, a climbing vine. Long, brown blades, monkey pods and various seed pods-picked up in mountain brush around Honolulu. J.H. Sharp

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.333

Provenance:

The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1950; present owner

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.

Hawaiian Seed Pods; [Seed Pods and Tapa Cloth Table Cover]

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