Cheyenne Reservation, Montana
Record ID: 589
Date: ca. 1904; [late 19th century - early 20th century]
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 20 in.
Signature / Inscription: Lower edge on verso: J.H.S. On unpainted lower edge of canvas: CHEYENNE RES J.H.S. on verso: Cheyenne Res. - Mont. - J.H.Sharp, Jerked Beef on pole. On handwritten note attached to canvas on verso: Cheyenne Teepees, Lame Deer reservation ' Jerked beef' on pole - sometimes serval poles covered with it - high up, out of reach of the coyotes.
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.37
Provenance: The artist; [?]; Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; present owner by gift, 1964
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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.
