According to Sharp's records, this work was first exhibited in 1923 and 1924 as War Bonnet Song at Traxel's Art Gallery in Cincinnati, and then as The War Bonnet Song at The Schroeder Galleries in Pasadena, CA in 1927 at the Traxel Art Galleries. In the latter display, it was presented alongside a similar, though less rosy, composition, The War Chief's Story of the Robe. (#38)

War Bonnet Song; [The War Bonnet Chant]

Alternate Title:

Chant to the War Bonnet; War Bonnet Chant (Firelight)

Record ID: 82

Date: ca. 1923; [1900]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP.

Inscribed on dust cover: Jerry Elk Foot-Frank-Bawling Deer (Now Ass't War Chief)-John-(Hunting Son); Inscribed on card; Interior of teepee, firelight, and little twilight from teepee opening. When two or more Indians get together; and a drum is handy, it is generally war, horse raids, or love songs and hunting songs

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.326

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.

War Bonnet Song; [The War Bonnet Chant]

Related

The War Chief's Story of the Robe (1923)

Elk Foot (Jerry Mirabal), Taos Indian (ca. 1920)

Drum Song (Daylight and Firelight)?

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