
Lot 37
Frank Earle Schoonover(American, 1877-1972)He Came to a Wide Rift of Gray Water 24 x 32in
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Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
He Came to a Wide Rift of Gray Water
signed and dated 'Frank E. Schoonover '34' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 32in
signed and dated 'Frank E. Schoonover '34' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 32in
Footnotes
Provenance
The artist.
Mary Jamieson, Nashville, Tennessee, gift from the above, 1961.
Literature
B. East, "Coward's Blood," The American Boy—Youth's Companion, July 1934, p. 16, illustrated.
J. Schoonover and L. Schoonover, Frank E. Schoonover, Catalogue Raisonné, New Castle, Delaware, 2009, vol. 2, pp. 591-2, no. 2043, illustrated.
According to the catalogue raisonné, this work was originally rendered for reproduction in a slightly larger format and signed 'FES / '34' (lower right). When the work was returned from the publication, the artist cut down the lower edge and resigned it with his full name.