Joseph Henry Sharp Mixed Media Drawing "Portrait of Tallis Masmego"

Item Details

Joseph Henry Sharp (American, 1859 – 1953)
Portrait of Tallis Masmego
Graphite and chalk on paper
Signed to lower right
Inscribed to verso
Labeled to verso
Informative sheet from Cincinnati Art Galleries to verso

Sharp may be best known for his Western portraits, cultural life, and landscapes. Sharp studied, and later taught, at the Art Academy of Cincinnati during the turn of the 19th century. He was one of the founding members of the Cincinnati Art Club and the eldest founder of the Taos Society of Artists in New Mexico. President Theodore Roosevelt admired the artistic depictions of Native American life and commissioned Sharp to create over 200 portraits of Native Americans in and around the Little Bighorn Battlefield site. Sharp’s works are held in many collections, notably the Smithsonian Institutions, Museum of New Mexico, Cincinnati Museum of Art, and many others.

Condition

- toning and stray marks to sheet; accretions to glazing; chips, abrasions, craquelure, and gilt loss to frame; tears to paper backing.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 8.5" W x 10" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

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Item #

ITMGS52736