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Chief Tail Feather

Penciled on dust cover: "Chief Feather Blkft - 1903-5. Inscribed on paper attached to dust cover: "Chief Tail Feather Blk'ft - 1902-5 More important in councils than in war. Serious & loveable man. A daughter, one of most / beautiful Indian women I have seen." This is Mary Tail Feather painted by Sharp in 1902, #137.

Chief Tail Feather

Record ID: 473

Date: 1903-1905

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.

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

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.448

Provenance:

The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; present owner by gift 1955

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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.