Joseph Henry Sharp
1859-1953
Chance Encounter
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 16 x 20 inches
Signed lower left
SOLD FOR: $ 26,000
Including Buyers Premium
2018,
LOT 236
1859-1953
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 16 x 20 inches
Signed lower left
SOLD FOR: $ 26,000
Including Buyers Premium
In Chance Encounter, a Taos Indian speaks from the shade with two others who rest on a shadowed hillside. From their body language, Sharp suggests that they are cordial, passing the time, but the distance between them also indicates that they may not be well known to each other. As people passed through one another’s pueblos and lands, these kinds of encounters must not have been unusual. You get the feeling that they are talking to make a connection, seeing who they might know in common.