Chief Weasel Bear
Record ID: 718
Date: 1906
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 23 5/16 x 17 1/4 in.
Signature / Inscription:
LR: J.H.SHARP / 06. Verso on backing in Sharp's hand: CHIEF WEASEL BEAR -- 450 / OGALALA SIOUX -- PINE RIDGE . 1906 / Warrior -- Medicine Man -- Tactician / Warrior -- Custer Battle & (note Eagle bone whistle for signals / Same character & tribe and looks like "Sitting Bull" / J.H.Sharp.
Owner: Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 1958.3.2
Provenance: The artist; [?]; Bailie W. Vinson; present owner by gift
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.
