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
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