J.H. Sharp Still Life Painting Together With Pictured Chest Locks In $335,000 For Shapiro Auctions

MAMARONECK, N.Y. — A 1935 still life oil painting by Joseph Henry Sharp (American, 1859-1953), together with a Spanish Colonial chip carved chest that once belonged to Governor of New Mexico Charles Bent, brought $335,000 at Shapiro Auctions’ July 25 sale.The painting, titled “A Prehistoric Bowl — Excavated Near the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico,” had its subjects described in the artist’s hand to the back: “A Prehistoric Bowl — Excavated Near The Pu