This painting was first shown in late 1927 in the exhibition Indian and Other Paintings at the Traxel Art Galleries in Cincinnati under the title of Girls of Taos.

Being an especially large and complex work, it was listed as his first entry in the gallery's catalogue brochure.

Another work of this theme, Shelling Corn, was also exhibited at the same showing. (related image, #234 a) It was probably this second work that was sent for exhibition at the National Academy of Design in 1928.

Girls of Taos; [Taos Indian Women]

Record ID: 234

Date: ca. 1927; [1930]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions:

50 1/4 x 60 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP

Owner: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Accession Number: 1975.21

Provenance: The artist; Clifford W. and Edna Hardy, Colorado Springs, CO; Mrs. Edna Hardy, Colorado Springs, CO; Eugene B. Adkins, 1966; present owner by gift, 1975

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.

Girls of Taos; [Taos Indian Women]

Related

Shelling Corn (ca. 1927)

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