This is probably the portrait of a Crow chief exhibited at the Fishel, Adler & Schwartz Gallery in New York in December 1906. It appears also in Sharp's sales ledgers for March 10, 1906. (Sharp Papers) Perhaps Butler allowed Sharp to exhibit the portrait before delivering it to him.

Birds-all-over-the-ground

Alternate Title:

Birds All Over the Ground -- Crow Chief

Record ID: 326

Date: ca. 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP.

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-519

Provenance:

The artist; Joseph G. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, OH, 1906; present owner by gift, 1913

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.

Birds-all-over-the-ground

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