222 Joseph H. Sharp -Hoseah Navajo

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Category Art
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Hoseah Navajo
Artist: Joseph H. Sharp
Date of Birth: 1859-1953
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 12 inches
Signed: Signed lower left
Verso:
Frame/Outer Dim: 21 x 17
In the artist’s hand, verso: “Hoseah–Navaho Indian Girl Painted at Grand Cañon. She was spinning yarn while her mother was weaving–J.H. Sharp”
You can see the scene: Hoseah sitting there, taking the stillness Sharp wants very seriously. Sharp uses this. In fact, she makes you want to smile. But a seasoned portrait painter like Sharp also knows a wonderful pair of eyes when he sees one. After her eyes and face, you notice the turquoise earrings dangling and then the silver squash blossom necklace with a spidery variation on the naja pendant, adapted from the Spanish via the Moors, to ward off the evil eye. In truth, Hoseah’s eyes might be more than a match for any demonic spirit.