This is a portrait of one of Sharp's favorite Crow models, White Swan, that probably dates to between 1904 and 1906 and resembles the pose and clothing in versions of that period. (see related images #s, 10 and 233)

White Swan

Record ID: 254

Date: ca. 1905; [1900?]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 10 in.

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.352,133

Provenance: The artist; [?]; Victor Justice Evans; present owner by bequest

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.

White Swan

Related

White Swan (ca. 1906)

White Swan, Head #4 (1904)

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