Wild Plum Blossoms

Generously provided by Stark Museum of Art
Artist
Joseph Henry Sharp
Date
ca. 1915
Catalogue Number
685
Medium
oil on canvas
Inscriptions

LR: J.H.SHARP. On backing board in Sharp's hand: Wild Plum Blossoms-near the Pueblo-Taos

Dimensions
20 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.
Credit Line
Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX
Accession Number
31.25.70
Subjects
floral, still life

The artist; [?]; [Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1956; H.J. Lutcher Stark Estate; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965

Sharp started painting plum blossoms as early as 1915.  This, or other versions, appeared in his exhibitions in 1916, 1927 and 1929.