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Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972) "Skinny dragged him over to a crack and settled down for another try," Bar-2...

Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972) "Skinny dragged him over to a crack and settled down for another try," Bar-2...

Auction amount: $100,000

Sold: May 3, 2019

Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)

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Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
"Skinny dragged him over to a crack and settled down for another try," Bar-20 Yarns, The Outing Magazine interior illustration, April 1906
Oil on canvas
30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Schoonover / 05

PROPERTY FROM THE SORDONI COLLECTION

PROVENANCE:
Reese L. and Virginia Milner Collection, circa 1950;
Sotheby's, New York, May 24, 2006, lot 201;
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

EXHIBITED:
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, "Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art," April 7-May 20, 2018.

LITERATURE:
C.E. Mulford, "Bar-20 Range Yarns," The Outing Magazine, New York, April 1906, p. 3, illustrated;
C.E. Mulford, Bar-20, New York, 1907, p. 183, illustrated;
J. Schoonover, L. Schoonover Smith, L. Dean, Frank E. Schoonover Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, New Castle, Delaware, 2009, n.p., no. 259, illustrated;
S.I. Grand, Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art, exhibition catalogue, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2018, pp. 86-87, 156, no. 39, 67, illustrated.

Auction 5404 | Lot: 68084 | May 3, 2019

Sold For: $100,000.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
"He swing his rifle out over a forked limb and let it settle in the crotch." Bar-20 Range Yards, Part VIII -- Roping a Rustler, The Outing Magazine interior illustration, May 1907
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Schoonover / 06

PROPERTY FROM THE SORDONI COLLECTION

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, April 21, 1978, lot 45 (as Hopalong Takes Command);
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

EXHIBITED:
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, "Frank E. Schoonover Illustrator," September 8-November 18, 1979;
Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, "Frank Schoonover," July 11-August 11, 2001.

LITERATURE:
C.E. Mulford, "Bar-20 Range Yarns, Part VIII--Roping a Rustler," The Outing Magazine, New York, May 1907, p. 175, illustrated;
C.E. Mulford, Bar-20: Being a Record of Certain Happenings that Occurred in the Otherwise Peaceful Lives of One Hopalong Cassidy and his Companions on the Range, New York, 1907, p. 178, illustrated;
Brandywine River Museum, Frank E. Schoonover Illustrator, exhibition catalogue, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1979, p. 28, illustrated;
J. Schoonover, L. Schoonover Smith, L. Dean, Frank E. Schoonover Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, New Castle, Delaware, 2009, n.p., no. 287;
J.G. Cutler and L.S. Cutler, Howard Pyle: His Students & the Golden Age of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island, 2017, p. 142, illustrated;
S.I. Grand, Selections from the Sordoni Collection: American Illustration & Comic Art, exhibition catalogue, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2018, pp. 88-89, 157, no. 40, 68, illustrated.

Auction 5404 | Lot: 68085 | May 3, 2019

Sold For: $68,750.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Santa Claus in a Hot Air Balloon, The Popular Magazine (Holiday Number) cover, December 7, 1928
Oil on canvas
30 x 26 in.
Signed and dated lower right

(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 5145 | Lot: 78147 | Oct 26, 2013

Sold For: $57,812.50
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Rescue Dog Team and U.S. Mail, Popular Magazine cover, Dec...
Auction 5038 | Lot: 78176 | Oct 15, 2010

Sold For: $56,762.50
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Brawn of These Lads Made the Pike a Match for a Pirate's Cutlass, 1922
Oil on canvas
27.5 x 36 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5111 | Lot: 78127 | Oct 14, 2012

Sold For: $50,000.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Man Who Chased a Ghost, story illustration, 1921
Oil on canvas
28 x 40 in.
Signed and dated lower right

Auction 5145 | Lot: 78146 | Oct 26, 2013

Sold For: $37,500.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Return of the Ancient Otter, 1918
Oil on canvas
38 x...
Auction 5019 | Lot: 38100 | Jul 16, 2009

Sold For: $32,265.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Breakfast Coca - Walter Backer & Co., 1905
Oil on canva...
Auction 5019 | Lot: 38101 | Jul 16, 2009

Sold For: $31,070.00

Make Offer to Owner
$46,605 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Oklahoma, Illustration for Country Gentleman Magazine, 1926
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in.
Signed and dated lower right

Auction 5087 | Lot: 78359 | Jun 27, 2012

Sold For: $27,500.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
The Sloop Dropped Anchor Near the Upper End of the Harbor, The Crimson Cutlass interior book illustration, 1933
Oil on canvas
30 x 21 inches (76.2 x 53.3 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Frank E. Schoonover / 33
Inscribed on the reverse: Chapter 6 127 / 1967

PROPERTY FROM THE BRADBERRY FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS

Auction 8007 | Lot: 68174 | Jul 1, 2020

Sold For: $26,250.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Wounded Lover, The Whelps of the Wolf book illustration, 1...
Auction 5038 | Lot: 78177 | Oct 15, 2010

Sold For: $23,900.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Indian with Squaw in Canoe, 1927
Oil on canvas
38 x ...
Auction 5019 | Lot: 38099 | Jul 16, 2009

Sold For: $22,705.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Ahuitzotl and the Ocelot, With Cortez the Conqueror book illustrat...
Auction 5034 | Lot: 87344 | Feb 18, 2010

Sold For: $20,315.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
The Wolf Halted, Country Gentleman illustration, April 192...
Auction 5038 | Lot: 78178 | Oct 15, 2010

Sold For: $19,120.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Western Street Scene, 1923
Oil on canvas
18 x 36 in.
Initialed lower center

Auction 5111 | Lot: 78128 | Oct 14, 2012

Sold For: $17,500.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
The Whelps of the Wolf, frontispiece, 1922
Oil on canvas
36 x 27 inches (91.4 x 68.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Frank E. Schoonover / '22
Artist's labels verso

Auction 5116 | Lot: 76075 | Nov 10, 2012

Sold For: $17,500.00

Make Offer to Owner
$26,250 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Elephant Story, The American Magazine story illustrations: A Pair of Works, July/December 1914
Oil on canvas (each)
26 x 23 inches (66.0 x 58.4 cm) (each)
One signed lower right: Frank E. Schoonover; one signed and dated lower right: Frank E. Schoonover 1914
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5174 | Lot: 70299 | May 10, 2014

Sold For: $16,250.00

Make Offer to Owner
$24,375 or more
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
"I began to notice the mysterious actions and the frequent journeys that Michel Barre made into the south." The Scarlet Cockerel interior book illustration, 1931
Oil on canvas laid on panel
30 x 21 inches (76.2 x 53.3 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: F. E. Schoonover / 31

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Canton, Georgia.

LITERATURE:
C.M. Sublette, The Scarlet Cockerel, New York, 1931, n.p., illustrated.

Auction 5404 | Lot: 68098 | May 3, 2019

Sold For: $15,000.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) Original Magazine Story Illustration (1935).
American Boy July, 1935, for Beaver W...
Auction 610 | Lot: 23205 | Mar 4, 2005

Sold For: $14,340.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
MacIntosh
Oil on canvas board
26.5 x 40 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5145 | Lot: 78148 | Oct 26, 2013

Sold For: $12,500.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972) Magazine Story Illustration (1935). Frank E. Schoonover is best known for his portrayals of dramatic, outdoor action/adventure scenes and depictions of the west. A student of Howard Pyle, among his fellow classmates at the time were N. C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, and Harvey Dunn. The Pyle-Brandywine influence is evident in Schoonover's work throughout his productive career. He learned to paint what he knew, and was an ardent outdoorsman and seasoned traveler. He wrote his own stories and illustrated them -- this in addition to his tremendous output of illustrations for such publications as Scribner's, American Boy, Harper's, and The Ladies' Home Journal. Schoonover was also a prolific book illustrator and contributed his talents to a multitude of the classics. This painting, published in the July, 1935 issue of American Boy, accompanied the story, Beaver Woman's Vision by James Willard Schultz, with the following caption: "Sure enough a long column of riders was coming down the canyon trail, Kutenai men! And one of them was Redhorn himself!" The painting is rendered in oil on canvas, framed (32 x 36) with an approximate sight size of 26.5 x 30, and signed (initialed) middle right. An issue of the American Boy magazine is included. (Total: 2 items)
Auction 806 | Lot: 2228 | Mar 9, 2003

Sold For: $10,925.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Two Sweat Lodges, 1927
Oil on canvas
26 x 38 inches (66.0 x 96.5 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right: F.E.S. '27

THE HOGAN FAMILY COLLECTION
Auction 5116 | Lot: 76187 | Nov 10, 2012

Sold For: $10,000.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
The Barque Flirtmore, Country Gentleman interior illustration, October 1937
Oil on canvas
32 x 36 inches (81.3 x 91.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Frank E. Schoonover / 37

(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5351 | Lot: 68022 | May 4, 2018

Sold For: $10,000.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
The Man Who Came Again, The American Boy magazine interior illustration, February 1926
Oil on canvas
20-1/2 x 30-1/2 inches (52.1 x 77.5 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right: F.E.S. / 26

Auction 5330 | Lot: 69175 | Nov 3, 2017

Sold For: $8,750.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Sketch for The Funeral Procession, 1905
Oil on board
Auction 5054 | Lot: 78279 | Aug 17, 2010

Sold For: $8,365.00

Make Offer to Owner
$12,548 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
On Drifted a Short Raft Carrying a Man and a Maid, Country Gentlem...
Auction 5034 | Lot: 87345 | Feb 18, 2010

Sold For: $7,767.50

Make Offer to Owner
$11,651 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
What Happened Here?, 1912
Oil on canvas
30 x 34 in.<...
Auction 7016 | Lot: 96271 | Oct 27, 2009

Sold For: $7,468.75

Make Offer to Owner
$11,203 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Sketch for The Funeral Procession, McClure's Magazine story illustration, 1905
Oil on panel
12 x 7.5 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5140 | Lot: 76161 | Jul 31, 2013

Sold For: $6,250.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
Elephant Hunting, American Magazine interior illustrations (two works), July/December 1914
Oil on canvas, each
26.25 x 23 in. (each)
One signed lower right
One signed and dated lower right

(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5291 | Lot: 71158 | May 12, 2017

Sold For: $6,250.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
For the Great Father, Scribner's magazine interior illustration, March 1917
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: F. E. Schoonover / '16

Auction 5330 | Lot: 69174 | Nov 3, 2017

Sold For: $6,250.00

Make Offer to Owner
$9,375 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
I is Toddie, By Paths of Flame story illustration, Collier's Weekly, January 29, 1905
Mixed media on board
20 x 12 in.
Signed lower left

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

Auction 5059 | Lot: 78263 | May 4, 2011

Sold For: $5,078.75

Make Offer to Owner
$7,618 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Woman Kneeling, probable story illustration, 1903
Oil on canvas
24 x 14 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5126 | Lot: 78331 | Apr 11, 2013

Sold For: $4,687.50
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
Outlaw's Cabin, Colliers interior illustration, March 28, 1914
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left

Auction 8069 | Lot: 71018 | Apr 15, 2022

Sold For: $3,375.00

Make Offer to Owner
$5,062 or more
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
The Old Man River Driving
Oil on canvas
38.25 x 20 in.
Initialed lower center

Auction 5126 | Lot: 78332 | Apr 11, 2013

Sold For: $3,125.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
Captain Innencio, McClure's Magazine interior illustration, February 1911
Oil on canvasboard
6.75 x 9.75 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5269 | Lot: 71161 | Oct 12, 2016

Sold For: $2,750.00

Make Offer to Owner
$4,125 or more
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
The New Freedom, Collier's magazine interior, May 1916
Oil on canvas
38 x 18 inches (96.5 x 45.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower center

Property from an Important American Illustration Art Collection. The consignor of this lot will donate partial proceeds up to 20% of the hammer price to the Salvation Army in dedication to Ed Jaster.

Auction 8161 | Lot: 71008 | Apr 23, 2024

Sold For: $2,500.00
FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Mother and Son on Doorstep
Conte crayon on board
19 x 10.75 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5087 | Lot: 78358 | Jun 27, 2012

Sold For: $2,000.00
After Frank Earle Schoonover
Tex and Patches, Colt Advertisement Poster
Lithograph in colors on paper laid on board
30 x 19 inches (76.2 x 48.3 cm) (sight)

Auction 5385 | Lot: 61119 | Dec 9, 2018

Sold For: $1,050.00
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
The Captain's Son: The Story of a Worm that Turned, American Magazine interior illustration, November 1908
Charcoal on board
7 x 8 in.
Initialed lower left

Auction 5390 | Lot: 71516 | Apr 23, 2019

Sold For: $575.00

Make Offer to Owner
$862 or more
Frank Earle Schoonover (American, 1877-1972)
John Bolton study, 1906
Pencil on paper
5-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches (14.0 x 14.0 cm) (image)
Not signed

Auction 8224 | Lot: 71424 | Nov 4, 2025

Sold For: $500.00

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