Joseph H. Henry Sharp Catalogue
The Great Mystery
Alternate Title:
The Great Mystery (Moonlight)
Record ID: 81
Date: ca. 1929; [1910]
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35 7/8 x 45 15/16 in.
Signature / Inscription:
LR: J.H.SHARP.
Inscribed on paper tacked to backing: "The Great Mystery-The Indian reverence for the Great Spirit is universal. They go to the mountains to fast and pray for their ‘medicine’ and guidance. ‘Medicine’ with Indians always Spiritual."
Penciled on dust cover: "The Great Mystery-Copyright-By U.S. Printing & Lith. Co. N.Y. & Cin’ti (SPIRITUAL IN MOTIF)."
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.325
Provenance:
The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1946; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK, 1955; present owner by gift
Related
The Great Mystery (ca. 1928)
Image courtesy of Coeur D’Alene Auction, 7/2016
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.