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Near Custer Battlefield, Montana

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Near Custer Battlefield, Montana
Near Custer Battlefield, Montana
Artist: Sharp, Joseph H.Date of Birth: 1859-1953
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 12 x 18 inches
Signed: Signed lower left and dated 1903

In 1901, the Crow Agency invited Joseph Sharp to build a studio at the edge of the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Sharp saw what pacification had done to the dignified Crow as he painted the encampments that dotted the landscape as well as over 200 portraits of the survivors of the battle and their descendants. Even after he made a permanent move to Taos, he remained committed to the Crow. In Near Custer Battlefield, Montana, the CrowÑold, young, men and womenÑhuddle out of the heat in the shadow of their tepees or stride from shadow to shadow, hiding while waiting for somethingÑfor the return of the old days, or for some brighter tomorrow.