Oil on canvas depicting a winter encampment scene of a group of Crow women gathered before a tipi during a warming “February Chinook”—the sudden warm, dry wind that sweeps down the eastern slopes of the Rockies, briefly melting snow and signaling a temporary break in winter conditions. Additional lodges and figures appear across the snow-patched valley floor. Executed with Sharp’s characteristic sensitivity to atmosphere, ethnographic accuracy, and quiet narrative presence, the painting is housed in its original gilt frame and remains in completely untouched estate condition. The handwritten verso inscription reads: “February Chinook – Crow Indian Reservation, Mont. – about 1905–6.”
Dimensions: 16 x 20 in.; framed 20 x 24 in.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the consignor’s grandfather-in-law; thence by descent.
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Condition
Original untouched estate condition with minor craquelure and surface soiling.