Joseph H. Henry Sharp Catalogue
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Medicine Shell, Crow Woman; [Medicine Shell]
Record ID: 85
Date: 1905
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.
Signature / Inscription:
LL: J.H.SHARP.05
Inscribed on dust cover: Medicine Shell 1905 Half Breed Crow Woman.
Inscribed on paper attached to dust cover: Medicine Shell 1905 Half Breed Crow Woman Crows somewhat immoral. Blackfeet and other tribes much less, Cheyennes none- In older times they cut the end of the nose off a woman who slipped- Brutal, but effective. In early 90’s I saw one very old woman thus disfigured- and was the last.
Inscribed on original backing board: Medicine Shell 1905 / Half Breed Crow Woman / Crows somewhat immoral. / Blackfeet and other tribes / much less, Cheyenne none. / In olden times they cut the / end of the nose off a woman / who slipped – Brutal, but effective. / In early 90’s I saw one very / old woman thus disfigured – and / was the last –
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.431
Provenance:
The artist; 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.