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Chief Two Moons (Head #9)

This is one of five versions of Two Moons’ portraits that were exhibited at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900 and at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC in 1901. (See other examples, related images, #s 136 and 441)

 

Sharp photographed Two Moons for this portrait. See related image, #336a. And he produced an etching of this pose, #336b.

Chief Two Moons (Head #9)

Record ID: 336

Date: ca. 1899

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 14 x 10 in.

Signature / Inscription: UR: J.H.SHARP. / LAME DEER / MONT.

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-538

Provenance:

The artist; Joseph G. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, OH; 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.