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Little Face, Blackfoot

In Sharp's sales ledgers for July 1941, he records a sale of this work, along with three others, to A. L. Durand, Hobart, OK. (Sharp Papers) The dating of this work is problematic.  The inscription is poorly written and has been interpreted as 1932.  However, Sharp was not painting such portraits nor inscribing them with titles in 1932. Here, Sharp's signature is clear though, and the "J" is crossed at the top, a style that he used in his early work but which seems to have disappeared after about 1903. This appears to be from one of  his first summers among the Blackfeet, 1902, and is akin to the portrait of Mary Tailfeather - Blackfoot of the same period. (related image, #137)

Little Face, Blackfoot

Alternate Title:

Little Face, Blackfoot Girl

Record ID: 584

Date: 1902; [1932]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 14 x 10 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LL: J.H.SHARP. 1902. UR: LITTLE FACE / BLACKFOOT

Owner: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK

Accession Number: 1976.34.2


Provenance:

The artist; A. L. Durand, Hobart, OK, 1941; [?]; Joseph  G. Rucks; 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.