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Joseph Henry Sharp Elk Foot of the Taos

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Joseph Henry Sharp Elk Foot of the Taos
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Gouache on Paper. Depicting Jerry Elk Foot of the Taos, a favorite subject of Joseph Henry Sharp. 18" by 22" framed. Black Lights clean with no damage or repair.Provenance Gerhard J. von der Ruhr Estate of Huson Montana. Joseph Henry Sharp (September 27, 1859 – August 29, 1953) was an American painter anda founding member of the Taos Society of Artists, of which he is considered the "Spiritual Father". Sharp was one of the earliest European-American artists to visit Taos, New Mexico, which he saw in 1893 withartist John Hauser. He painted American Indian portraits and cultural life, as well as Western landscapes. President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned him to paint the portraits of 200 Native American warriors who survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn. While working on this project, Sharp lived on land of the Crow Agency, Montana, where he built Absarokee Hut in 1905. Boosted by his sale of 80 paintings to Phoebe Hearst, Sharp
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