Live Auction 17661American Art
Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953)
Lot 68 Property from an Important Private Collection, Utah

Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953)

Jerry of Taos

Closed20 November 2019

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USD 100,000

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Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953)
Jerry of Taos
signed 'J H Sharp' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 15 ¾ in. (60.3 x 40 cm.)

Sotheby's, New York, 17 October 1980, lot 43.
Eugene B. Adkins, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Debra Force Fine Art, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2000.

Specialist note


Jerry Mirabal, also known as Elkfoot, was a frequent model for both Joseph Henry Sharp and Eanger Irving Couse, who famously depicted Jerry in his 1909 painting Elkfoot of the Taos Tribe (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.)