Penciled on verso: "Bull Child. Head Medicine Man of Blackfeet- in ceremonial robe. After [Clark] Wissler. J.H.Sharp." Inscribed on frame on verso: "Presented to Thomas Gilcrease by Mr. J.H. Sharp."

The entry in the catalogue for Sharp's retrospective exhibition at the Gilcrease Foundation in 1949 described the robe as follows: "His ceremonial robe consists of buckskin, eagle feathers and ermine tails. The emblems represent the sun, moon and mourning star. The Blackfeet were sun worshippers."

For a more complete description of Bull Child and his famous robe, see #361.

Bull Child, Blackfoot; [Bull Child]

Record ID: 424

Date: 1903

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP. / 1903

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.366

Provenance:

The artist; gift to Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation; 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.

Bull Child, Blackfoot; [Bull Child]

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