Lot 0100 Est: $100.00 - $150.00

AMERICAN ATTR TO JOSEPH HENRY SHARP OIL PAINTING

Sold for $425.00
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Dimensions 32.5 × 22.5 × 1.5 — Frame: 22 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. Image: 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. All measurements are approximate.
Weight 3 kg 11 g
Condition Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Stains and scratches. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.
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Description

Attributed to Joseph Henry Sharp, American, 1859 to 1953, oil painting on board titled Emigrant Train depicting a landscape of the American Old West with settlers wagons. Signed lower left. Titled lower center. Framed. Joseph Henry Sharp was an American painter and a 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 with artist 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. One of a kind artwork.