Night Gigging

Night Gigging

In the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American history and Art (Tulsa, OK).

Evening scene with two Native men standing in river, one actively spear-fishing, in front of canoe with encampment of interior lit tepees in background.

Joseph Henry Sharp

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.

1910

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Night Gigging. 0137.330. 1910. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0137330 (03/06/2018).

Sharp's inscription: "Night 'Gigging'-(Spearing fish) I used to do this and know considerable about it. Get a thrill when an eel or water snake/ wraps around one's leg! Early night has a lot of fine subdued & tonal color, particularly if one is out quite awhile and observes. Early 1910 Much repainted 1948 J.H.Sharp"

Gilcrease accession number: 0137.330

Oil on canvas

Framed: 34 7/8 x 40 5/8 x 2 in. (89 x 103 x 5 cm)
Canvas: 30 1/2 x 36 in. (77 1/2 x 91 cm)