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JOSEPH HENRY SHARP - Taos Landscape

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JOSEPH HENRY SHARP - Taos Landscape
<B>JOSEPH HENRY SHARP</B></I> (American 1859-1953)<BR><I>Taos Landscape,</B></I> circa 1914<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>9-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches (24.1 x 34.3 cm)<BR>Signed lower right: <I>JH Sharp</B></I><BR> <BR>Provenance:<BR>Ernest Woolston, gifted by the artist as a wedding gift on July 25, 1916 (Forsyth, Montana);<BR>William F. Woolston, by descent through the family<BR><BR><I>Taos Landscape</B></I> 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 <I>J.H. Sharp Among the Crow Indians 1902-1910,</B></I> 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.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)