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Pryor Creek

This is the first recorded painting Sharp sold to his Montana patron and friend, Charles Bair. Sharp's sales ledger for March 1905 states that Trout Stream, Pryor sold for $300. (Sharp Papers)Another version of this work, A Trout Brook in Winter, was painted the same year. (related image, # 309)

 

It is clear that this canvas was intended to lure Bair over to his favorite fishing hole.  The ripples in the lower left corner of the composition suggest that a trout is feeding and ready to be caught.

Pryor Creek

Alternate Title: Trout Stream, Pryor    

Record ID: 312

Date: 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 30 in.

Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP. 1905

Owner: Bair Family Museum, Martinsdale, MT

Provenance:

The artist; Charles Bair, Billings, MT, 1905; Bair family by descent; present owner

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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.