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According to Laura A. Davies in An Indian Painter in the West, Sharp sometimes painted his subjects posed in the reflection of firelight. She described the scene “when the cool days of fall began to arrive he has a roaring fire built in the big fireplace in his Taos studio. He groups his figures around it in their natural attitudes at their familiar tasks or pastime and the stage is set for a masterpiece.”

Condition ReportSurface condition is excellent. No signs of restoration.

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