The signature type suggests a work painted in 1902 or earlier. Sharp's sales ledgers for 1894 list a painting of this title selling to a man, Alex. McDonald, for $200. (Sharp Papers)

This painting was exhibited under the title The Chanters (Comanche and Pueblo) in Sharp's first western exhibition, Exhibition of Paintings, April, 1894 at the Traxel & Maas Galleries in Cincinnati.

The Chanters

Record ID: 594

Date: ca. 1894; [ca. 1930]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 x 16 in.

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

Owner: New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

Accession Number: 2007.18

Provenance:

The artist; Alex McDonald,) Cincinnati, OH), 1894; [?]; Rudy, Dan, and Cathy Marie Luther; present owner by gift, 2007

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.

The Chanters

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