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Chief Chees-Nee-Uh Alaskan

This portrait was painted in Sitka. According to an artist’s label, this man was a chief of Sitka, "very dignified, quiet & kingly, and a great wood carver."

Chief Chees-Nee-Uh Alaskan

Alternate Title:

Chees-nee-uh

Record ID: 108

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: oil on academy board

Dimensions:

13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LL: J.H. SHARP: UR: CHIEF CHEES-NEE-UH / ALASKA

Owner: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Berkeley, CA

Accession Number: 17-1

Provenance:

The artist; Phoebe Hearst, San Francisco, CA, 1902; 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.