Oil painting

Museum number:
17-7
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.37
Description:
A medicine man.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Culture or time period:
Crow
Maker or artist:
Joseph Henry Sharp
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil paintings (visual works)
Accession date:
January 2, 1902
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
frame— width 33 centimeters, painting— height 31 centimeters, painting— width 23.5 centimeters, and frame— height 40.6 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Crow Agency, Montana. Label, partially destroyed. "...Medicine from reservation ..." rest illegible. Artist's price $175. Good condition. One in a series from life in oil by J. H. Sharp, mainly Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Sioux, and Rio Grande Pueblo portraits.
Loans:
S1976-1977 #54: Charles M. Russell Museum (March 30, 1977–June 16, 1977), S1977-1978 #39: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 23, 1978–April 11, 1978), and S1989-1990 #12: Cowboy Hall of Fame (January 8, 1990–July 17, 1991)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-7, described as A medicine man.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-7, described as A medicine man.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-7, described as A medicine man.

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