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The Winter Screen, Crow Agency, Montana
LR: J.H.SHARP.
Verso: The Winter Screen / From my cabin back yard / Crow Agency, Montana / Not for Sale [scratch out of Kardex Card] / $350.00
The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1956; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1956; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965
Sharp enjoyed painting en plein air in the wintery Montana outdoors. This work though was viewed from his studio window. He generally disliked summer's verdure in Northwest, but the stark contrasts of winter as seen here appealed to him greatly.
