This portrait of a Sioux man, known for surviving the Wounded Knee Massacre, was exhibited along with three other versions at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900 and at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC in 1901. It was purchased by the Smithsonian from the latter show.

Two other versions of Hand were produced in 1900. See #s 156 and 409.

Hand

Record ID: 242

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. / PINE RIDGE; UR: HAND. / SIOUX.

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.209.421

Provenance:

The artist; present owner by purchase, 1901

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.

Hand

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