Butler purchased this portrait in November 1901 according to Sharp's sales ledgers. (Sharp Papers) It, along with four other versions, had been exhibited at the Cincinnati Museum the fall before and Butler probably saw it there. See, for example, related image, #157.

Chief Rocky Bear

Alternate Title:

Rocky Bear, Sioux

Record ID: 334

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 13 x 9 in.

Signature / Inscription: UL: CHIEF ROCKY BEAR -- SIOUX. LL: J.H.SHARP PINE RIDGE SD

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-509

Provenance:

The artist; Joseph G. Butler, Jr, Youngstown, OH, 1901; present owner by purchase, 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.

Chief Rocky Bear

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Chief Rocky Bear -- Sioux (1900)

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