This portrait was exhibited at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900 where Butler may have seen it. It was purchased by Butler in November 1901 according to Sharp's sales ledgers. (Sharp Papers) In the catalogue for the Cincinnati exhibition there were four versions of this man's portrait. Others went on to future shows in Buffalo, NY and Washington, DC.

For other extant versions of Wolf Ear's portraits, see #s 555, 256, and 615.

Wolf Ear

Record ID: 346

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 14 x 10 in.

Signature / Inscription: UR: WOLF EAR / SIOUX. LR: J.H.SHARP. / PINE RIDGE S.D.

Owner: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Accession Number: 913-O-537

Provenance:

The artist; Joseph G. Butler, Jr, 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.

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