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Watching the Medicine Man

There are no known records for exhibitions in the early teens except for 1912.  The drawing, cool lighting, and interior setting of this painting, Watching the Medicine Man, however, resemble works in that 1912 exhibition at the University Club in Cincinnati, and this work probably dates from that period.  It has hints of The Malcontents that was included prominently in the University Club show. (related image, #513)  

Watching the Medicine Man

Record ID: 663

Date: ca. 1912

Medium: oil on canvavs

Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 20 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board: Watching the Medicine Man

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 31.25.46

Provenance: The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1955; H.J. Lutcher Stark Estate; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965

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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.