It is thought that this painting, under the title of The Grave of a Crow Child, was first exhibited in New York at the Fishel, Adler & Schwartz Galleries in December, 1906. It appeared again over forty years later in 1949 at An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Joseph Henry Sharp, Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK,

The Grave of a Crow Child; [Grave of Crow Papoose]

Record ID: 43

Date: 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 19 x 26 7/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: JH.SHARP.1905.

Inscribed on dust cover: "Grave of Crow Papoose-Sewn in rawhide, wrapped in blankets, tied onto travois & hid in wild plum bushes-J.H.Sharp. Indian boy led me to this-We had to separate the/bushes to see it to paint." Inscribed on verso: Not for sale [struck through]

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.332

Provenance: The artist; 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.

The Grave of a Crow Child; [Grave of Crow Papoose]

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