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Long Soldier (Head #6)

This portrait of the Sioux man, Long Soldier, was acquired by Butler in March 1906. (sales ledger, Sharp papers)

 

Long Soldier must be the same man as Birds All Over the Ground.  See #428 for a nearly identical portrait.

Long Soldier (Head #6)

Record ID: 341

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-523


Provenance:

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