Oil painting

Museum number:
17-45
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.37 and Acc.50
Description:
Chief Crazy-Bear.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Culture or time period:
Sioux
Maker or artist:
Joseph Henry Sharp
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil paintings (visual works)
Accession date:
January 2, 1902 and November 12, 1902
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
height 45.72 centimeters and width 30.48 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Sioux. Old warrior of Custer's and Wounded Knee battles. Label missing from top of frame on reverse. Artist's price $200. White growth on dark paint, Peleger Patent Feb. 2nd, 1886, glass flush with canvas. 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) and S1977-1978 #39: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 23, 1978–April 11, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Oil painting, accession number 17-45, described as Chief Crazy-Bear.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Oil painting, accession number 17-45, described as Chief Crazy-Bear.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-45, described as Chief Crazy-Bear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-45, described as Chief Crazy-Bear.

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