Rosie was the daughter of Laban Little Wolf, who at the time of this portrait was the Cheyenne chief. This young woman may be the same as (or a relative of) Cecelia Big Beaver whose portrait was shown with Rosie's parents, Laban Little Wolf and Willow Woman, in the University Club of Cincinnati's show, An Exhibition of Pictures of the West in 1912. (See #s 419 and 68)

Rosie Big Beaver, Cheyenne

Record ID: 77

Date: ca. 1906; [1905]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LL: J.H.SHARP.

Inscribed on verso: Cheyenne Daughter Chief Little Wolf

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number:

0137.420

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; 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.

Rosie Big Beaver, Cheyenne

Related

Chief Little Wolf, Cheyenne; [Little Wolf] (1906)

Wife of Chief Little Wolf - Cheyenne; [Wife of Chief Little Wolf] Cheyenne (1906)

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