Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877–1972) No Longer Was Guthrie a City of Tents

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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists

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Dec 5, 2021

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• Lot Description
  Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877–1972) No Longer Was Guthrie a City of Tents

  Signed with Artist's initials and dated 'FES/26' center right, oil on canvas
  30 x 38 in. (76.2 x 96.5cm)

  
  
  

  Provenance

  Blakeslee Gallery, Wellington, Florida.

  Acquired directly from the above in September 1998.

  Private Collection, California.

  
  
  Footnote:

  Literature

  Courtney Ryley Cooper, “Oklahoma” in Country Gentleman, May 1928: 28.

  Louise Schoonover Smith, LeeAnn Dean, John R. Schoonover, Frank E. Schoonover: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, Newcastle, Delaware, 2009.

  
  
  Condition report:

  Frame: 36 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 2 in.

  The relined canvas in overall good condition. With very faint craquelure at upper center left, on the building's facade where the figures are rushing. We also notice a faint pencil inscription at bottom center, to the left of the main character reading: "9'/8'/Aug'. Examination under UV light reveals scattered retouching, all in the form of pinpoint, localized dots throughout, which might suggest a past flaking issue. Specifically, we can see them: at center right (above and below the signature, up until the bottom part), in the upper right corner and quadrant at large, along the top outer edge (residual points in the sky, the clouds, around the two people perched on the roof, on the main building's facade and door frame at center left). The largest concentration of these dots can be found at upper left quadrant. Some more inpainting at bottom center left, underneath the standing cowboy. The figures are generally spared and present well, except for a few dots on the cowboy at left (on his coat), and the vest and elbow of the gentleman at right. Some residual varnish on the crowd at center, and the horse's neck and face at center right. See specialist's pictures for more details.

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