JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (American 1859-1953). Taos Landscape, circa 1914. Oil on canvas. 9-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches (24.1 x 34.3 ...

Description

JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (American 1859-1953)
Taos Landscape, circa 1914
Oil on canvas
9-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches (24.1 x 34.3 cm)
Signed lower right: JH Sharp

Provenance:
Ernest Woolston, gifted by the artist as a wedding gift on July 25, 1916 (Forsyth, Montana);
William F. Woolston, by descent through the family

Taos Landscape possesses strong provenance, passing through several generations of a Montana family. J.H. Sharp presented the painting to Ernest Woolston as a wedding gift in 1914. According to the Woolston family, Ernest was fluent in the Crow language and served as a translator for Sharp. The book J.H. Sharp Among the Crow Indians 1902-1910, a collection of Sharp's personal memoirs, confirms the friendship between Ernest Woolston and J.H. Sharp and includes a recollection by Sharp discussing Ernest's marriage in Forsyth.

More information about JOSEPH HENRY SHARP. See also: Sharp, Joseph Henry, Joseph Henry Sharp, Sharp, J. H. Artist.

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