Home » Catalogs » Joseph H. Henry Sharp Catalogue » The Broken Bow, Father and Son

Joseph H. Henry Sharp Catalogue

JH Sharp Catalogue banner
JH Sharp catalog banner image
The Broken Bow, Father and Son

This painting was exhibited in 1912 in Cincinnati’s University Club’s one-man show, An Exhibition of the West. Three years later, Sharp made a list of the five paintings he sent to San Diego for display at the Panama-California Exposition  in 1915.  Included on that list is a painting titled The Broken Bow measuring , according to him, 40 x 50 in.  (Sharp Papers)  Sharp was often cavalier about his measurements.

The Broken Bow, Father and Son

Alternate Title: Father and Son

Record ID: 227

Date: ca. 1912

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 44 1/2 x 59 3/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY

Accession Number: 7.75

Provenance:

The artist; C. R. Morley, 1921; [?]; J.N. Bartfield, New York, NY; present owner by purchase, 1975.

Related

Untitled JH Sharp artwork

The Old War Shield

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Untitled JH Sharp artwork

Crucita – A Taos Indian Girl; [Crucita – Taos Indian Girl in Old Hopi Wedding Dress and Dry Flowers]

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.