This is possibly the painting Sharp exhibited in Indian Paintings and Western landscapes and Sketches in Africa and Spain at Traxel's Art Galleries in Cincinnati in 1923 as Drum Song, measuring 30 x 40 in. (Sharp often generalized measurements, but this is quite far off) He exhibited this work again in 1935 at the Kreimer Galleries in Cincinnati.

The Drum Song, Taos

Alternate Title:

War Chant; Drum Song

Record ID: 382

Date: ca. 1923; [1900]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 37 1/2 x 47 7/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP. Penciled on dust cover: Drum Song - Taos - (or War Chant)

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.343

Provenance:

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

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 Drum Song, Taos

Related

Song to Buffalo Skull; [Two Seated Indians with Drums]

Pipe Song

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