This portrait of a Blackfeet man was, oddly enough but according to Sharp's inscription, painted at Lame Deer, Montana among the Cheyenne. It was shown as a Cheyenne portrait at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900 and may have been purchased by Butler from that show.

Little Whirlwind, Blackfoot; [Little Whirlwind]

Record ID: 340

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: UR: LITTLE WHIRLWIND / BLACKFOOT. LL: J.H.SHARP. / LAME DEER, MONT.

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-531

Provenance:

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

Little Whirlwind, Blackfoot; [Little Whirlwind]

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