This portrait, when first exhibited at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900, carried the subtitle of "Noted warrior and hunter,- killed two buffalo with one arrow." The painting later was shown at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC. A second, possibly slightly later portrait of this man is in the Gilcrease Museum collection. (related image, #442)

Strong Left Hand

Record ID: 248

Date: 1900

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP. / LAME DEER. MONT; UR: STRONG LEFT HAND. / CHEYENNE.

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.209,413

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.

Strong Left Hand

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