According to Sharp's records, Old Frontier Stuff was first shown in an exhibition at the Traxel Art Galleries in Cincinnati in 1927. The catalogue for the show was titled Indian and Other Paintings and this oil was listed as #16 of 40 works.

Old Frontier Stuff

Record ID: 288

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 36 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LR: J.H.SHARP. Verso, on stretcher: OLD FRONTIER STUFF-750.On backing board in Sharp's hand: OLD FRONTIER STUFF - / J H Sharp

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 1965.2.405

Provenance: The artist; [?]; Charles O. Erbaugh; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1954; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, 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.

Old Frontier Stuff

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