JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (1859-1953)

Details

JOSEPH HENRY SHARP (1859-1953)

The Flagships Connecticut and Kansas

signed J. H. Sharp, l.r.--signed again and inscribed with title on the reverse--oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.5 x 76.2 cm.)

Literature

F. Fenn, The Beat of the Drum and the Whoop of the Dance: A Study of the Life and Work of Joseph Henry Sharp, Santa Fe, 1983, p. 326 (probably no. 1938).

Lot Essay

According to an old label attached to the stretcher, this scene depicts the flagships Connecticut and Kansas sailing up the Hudson River in 1910.

The frame for this painting was made by Frederick Harer.