Sharp had painted this mesa as early as 1906 as a small study of the scene appeared in New York at the Fishel, Adler & Schwartz Galleries in December of that year. It was titled The Mesa Encantada, N. M. (see related image, #641) Given the inscription with the signature, this large, far more chromatic canvas was not completed until almost a decade later, in 1915.

The Enchanted Mesa

Alternate Title: Mesa Encantada

Record ID: 47

Date: 1915

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 48 1/2 x 64 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP 1915

Inscribed on torn label on verso: "…Mesa J.H. Sharp $750"

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.355

Provenance:

The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1946; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK, 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 Enchanted Mesa

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Enchanted Mesa (ca. 1906)

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