The Winter Screen
Artist
Joseph Henry Sharp
(American, 1859 - 1953)
Datec. 1908
Mediumoil on canvas board
Dimensions9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (24.8 x 34.9 cm)
Frame: 14 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (36.2 × 46.4 × 3.2 cm)
Frame: 14 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (36.2 × 46.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.25.22
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextSharp painted a winter view of barren trees and scruffy bushes. Yet the artist found unity in the blending of sky with landscape and harmony in the limited range of color. This seemingly commonplace landscape was personally significant to the artist. He wrote on the back, “From my cabin back yard/ Crow Agency, Montana.” The artist had built a log cabin so that he could live on the Crow Indian reservation. He wanted to live near the subjects of his art. In his Montana work, he found success. After he left Montana, he reminisced about the “happy years” in the cabin.
ProvenancePurchased September 27, 1956 through (Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp
Joseph Henry Sharp