The Ceremonial Drum is thought to have been exhibited for the first time in 1926 in Indian Paintings and Western Landscapes at Cincinnati's Traxel Art Galleries and then in Pasadena at the Schroeder Galleries in 1927. (Star News, 11/8/27) It relates directly to another work in the Stark Museum collection, Taos War Song, #652.

Ceremonial Drum, The; [Ceremonial Drum]

Record ID: 282

Date: ca. 1926

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp's hand: CEREMONIAL DRUM - / DRUM NOW IN / MUSEUM

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 1965.2.387

Provenance:

The artist: [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; [?]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1957; Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, TX, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965

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.

Ceremonial Drum, The; [Ceremonial Drum]

Related

Taos Ceremonial Drummer (ca. 1926)

Taos Drummer, Soaring Eagle

Taos War Song (ca. 1924)

Jerry; [Jerry Elkfoot]

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