Given the style of the signature and the artist's ascribed date of 1898, this must be a Pueblo girl and probably one from Taos. This is likely one of Sharp's earliest portraits of an Indian child.

Sun Feather

Alternate Title:

Sun Flower

Record ID: 343

Date: 1898

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 13 x 10 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: COPYRIGHT 1898 / BY / J.H.SHARP.

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-540

Provenance:

The artist; Joseph J. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, OH, 1902; 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.

Sun Feather

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