Chief Tail Feather / Joseph Henry Sharp

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Chief Tail Feather

Creator(s):

Joseph Henry Sharp (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1902 - 1905

Materials/Techniques:

oil on canvas

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Oil Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

01.448

Previous Number(s):

0137.448; 625; 15745

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (Canvas):

Height: 14 1/4in. (36.2cm)
Width: 10 1/8in. (25.7cm)

Framed:

Height: 16 5/8in. (42.2cm)
Width: 12 3/4in. (32.4cm)
Depth: 1 1/2in. (3.8cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Joseph Henry Sharp

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Sharp, Joseph Henry

Birth Date:

1859

Death Date:

1953

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American painter, 1859-1953

Gender:

male

Inscriptions: Inscribed in pencil on dust cover, "Chief Tail Feather Blkft-1903-5" on verso; Inscribed on paper attached to dust cover, "Chief Tail Feather Blk'ft-1902-5 More important in councils than in war. Serious & lovable man. A daughter, on of most/ beautiful Indian women I have seen" on verso

Signed: Signed, "J.H.Sharp." in lower right

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buckskin, canvas, male, Mustela erminea (species), Native American, oil paintings, portraits, quill, red, regalia, tan, weasel

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Sharp, Joseph. Chief Tail Feather. 01.448. 1902 - 1905. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01448 (06/25/2019).

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