This is one of two versions (see also #223 acquired by the Smithsonian Institution) painted around 1900. Both were exhibited at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900 and at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC in 1901.

Chief Spotted Elk - Sioux

Record ID: 162

Date: ca. 1900

Medium:

oil on academy board

Dimensions:

13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.

Signature / Inscription:

LL: J.H.SHARP PINE RIDGE S.D.

UR: CHIEF SPOTED ELK. / SIOUX.

Owner: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Berkeley, CA

Accession Number: 17-52

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.

Chief Spotted Elk - Sioux

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