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Little Wolf

Sharp exhibited two versions of Laban Little Wolf (nephew of the famous Cheyenne warrior of the same last name) at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC in 1901.  The other version was purchased by Phoebe Hearst at that time. (related image, #141)

Little Wolf

Record ID: 243

Date: 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP / LAME DEER / MONT; UR: LITTLE WOLF / CHEYENNE

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.209,411

Provenance:

The artist; present owner by purchase, 1901

Related

Untitled JH Sharp artwork

Little Wolf – Cheyenne (1899)

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Berkley, CA

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.