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Joseph Henry Sharp (1859 – 1953)
Portrait of Jerry (Elkfoot), Taos
oil on canvas laid on board
16 × 12 inches
signed lower right

According to Forrest Fenn in The Beat of the Drum and the Whoop of the Dance, “Sharp’s favorite model and close friend was Jerry (Elk Foot) Mirabal. Upon his death at Taos Pueblo at the age of 110 the Indians went into mourning and the pueblo was closed to all outsiders for three days.”

LITERATURE
Patricia Janis Broder, Taos: A Painter’s Dream (Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, 1980), page 55, illustrated halftone

228

Joseph Henry Sharp

1859 – 1953

Portrait of Jerry (Elkfoot), Taos
oil on canvas laid on board
16 × 12 inches
signed lower right
Sold at Auction: $93,600
Condition ReportSurface condition excellent with no signs of inpainting.

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