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Juan, Firelight; [Firelight (Francisco Martinez)]

According to known Sharp exhibition catalogues for the mid-teens, there is no firelight scene with Frank Martinez portrayed. This model, however, looks more like John Hunting Son than Frank.  There was one painting offered for sale in 1916 at Cincinnati's Hotel Gibson galleries titled Juan, Firelight that may be this work. The style and pose are quite similar to that of The Old War Shield, a Sharp painting of about 1915. (see related image, #360)

Juan, Firelight; [Firelight (Francisco Martinez)]

Record ID: 577

Date: 1913

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40 x 48 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. 13

Owner: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields, Indianapolis, IN

Accession Number: 73.104.8


Provenance: The artist; [?]; Harrison Eiteljorg Gallery of Western Art, Indianapolis, IN; present owner by gift

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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.