This is one of the very few paintings by Sharp that picture someone armed like a warrior with other than a bow and arrow. See his later work, Mesa Reptiles of 1913 for another example. (#563)

Untitled (Plains man, kneeling with rifle

Record ID: 179

Signature / Inscription:

Unsigned

Owner: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Berkeley, CA

Accession Number: 17-69

Provenance: No information available

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.

Untitled (Plains man, kneeling with rifle

Related

Mesa Reptiles (ca. 1913)

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