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Chief Elk Horn (or Big Brave)

Sharp sold this portrait of this Blackfeet dance chief, Elk Horn, to Butler in March 1906. (sales ledgers, Sharp Papers) Elk Horn was a favorite model for the artist, and several other versions were produced at that time. See, for example, #s 21, 402 and 623.

Chief Elk Horn (or Big Brave)

Record ID: 329

Date: ca. 1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

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

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-528

Provenance:

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

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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.