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Hand - Sioux

Four versions of Hand were exhibited at Sharp's first major exhibition of Indian portraits at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900.  This is one of them.  Another variation, a profile, remained in Sharp's personal collection until the mid-1940s. (related image, #409)

Hand - Sioux

Alternate Title:

Hand

Record ID: 156

Date: 1900

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LL: J.H.SHARP. / Pine Ridge S.D.

Owner: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Berkeley, CA

Accession Number: 17-46

Provenance:

The artist; Phoebe Hearst, San Francisco, CA, 1901; present owner by gift

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Untitled JH Sharp artwork

Hand (1906)

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

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.