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Crows Fording the Little Horn; [Encampment of Crow Indians]

This painting, Crows Fording the Little Horn, was exhibited as part a traveling show at several venues in the spring and summer of 1908 including The Closson Galleries in April in Cincinnati, Pictures of the West, and the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts in an exhibit titled A Collection of Paintings by Mr. J. H. Sharp in June. It appeared again in 1912 at the University Club in An Exhibition of Pictures of the West in Cincinnati.

 

This painting relates compositionally to a photograph Sharp took at the time of an earlier Crow Fair, in 1906.  (see related image, # 241a) A small study for the painting was made by Sharp and was passed down by him to the Carolyn Riebeth family. (see related image, #241b)

Crows Fording the Little Horn; [Encampment of Crow Indians]

Alternate Title:

 Camp on the Little Big Horn

Record ID: 241

Date: 1908

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 26 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. 1908

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.362,159

Provenance: The artist; [?]; Victor Justice Evans; present owner by bequest

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Encampment of Crow Indians

Private Collection

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.