Chief Flat Iron, Sioux

Generously provided by Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Artist
Joseph Henry Sharp
Date
ca. 1900; [1895-1905]
Catalogue Number
572
Medium
oil on canvas
Inscriptions

LR:J.H.SHARP / PINE RIDGE / S.D.

UL: CHIEF FLAT-IRON SIOUX

Dimensions
16 x 12 in.
Credit Line
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
Accession Number
1501/2
Subjects
Chief, Sioux, bonnet, portrait, profile

The artist; [?]; present owner

This is probably one of five versions of Flat Iron that Sharp exhibited in Cincinnati at the art museum in the fall of 1900. Two related poses are known. (related images #s, 545 and 576).

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