For your consideration is a Signed First Edition of "Beat of the Drum and the Whoop of the Dance: A Study of the Life and Work of Joseph Henry Sharp" by Forrest Fenn, 1983. This book is a beautifully illustrated biographical study of the noted Southwestern artist Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953). Sharp, a founding member and considered the "Spiritual Father" of the Taos Society of Artists, is chiefly famous for his portraits of Pueblo Indians, though he also did portraits of the Plains tribes including the Crow, Sioux, and Nez Perce. Eleven of the portraits were purchased by the Smithsonian Institution. President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned Sharp to paint 200 portraits of Native American warriors who had survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His work is highly valued for its precise detail in portraying Native American daily life, serving as an invaluable historical record of a changing way of life. Forrest Fenn (1930–2020) was a decorated U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, prominent Santa Fe, New Mexico art dealer, and author. He operated a highly successful gallery, the Fenn Galleries, focusing Native American artifacts, fine art and bronze sculptures. The brown cloth bound gold gilt illustrated hardcover is in good overall condition, fading and soiling exhibited on cover and edges. Intact pages are bright, foxing noted on page edges. Original illustrated paper dustcover is in good condition, illustration is Sharp's "Young Chiefs Mission". Book measures 9.875"W x 12"L x 1.25"D, weight is 5lb.