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Leaf Down - Taos

This painting, titled Leaf Down – Taos Girl, was exhibited in 1928 at the Traxel Art Galleries in Indian and Western Paintings. It was illustrated in the Cincinnati Enquirer (12/2/1928) as Sage and Thistle, indicating by its notice in the press that it was a fresh work and would date to that time.

Leaf Down – Taos

Alternate Title:

Sage and Thistle; Leaf Down – Taos Indian – Girl in Old Hopi Dress

Record ID: 39

Date: ca. 1928; [1915]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24 3/8 x 28 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LL: JHSHARP.
Inscribed on dust cover. "Sage and Thistle" and "Leaf Down" – Taos Indian Girl-in Old Hopi Dress. J.H. Sharp"

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.316

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

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Leaf Down – Taos Indian Girl, (ca. 1928)

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Denver, CO

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.