This is one of several informal portraits of one of Sharp's favorite Crow Agency models. This version of the Crow man was donated to the Cincinnati Art Museum in 1904, and given the signature style was probably painted in 1903 or 1904.

The Gilcrease Museum owns another later but similar version. (related image, #492)

Strikes His Enemy Pretty, Crow

Record ID: 262

Date: 1903 - 1904

Medium: oil on academy board

Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

Accession Number: 1904.7

Provenance: The artist; 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.

Strikes His Enemy Pretty, Crow

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