FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972). Return of the Ancient Otter, 1918. Oil on canvas. 38 x 27 inches (96.5 x 6...

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FRANK EARLE SCHOONOVER (American, 1877-1972)
Return of the Ancient Otter, 1918
Oil on canvas
38 x 27 inches (96.5 x 68.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: F.E. Schoonover / 9-18
Label verso: Illustration for 2nd. / Schultz Indian Serial / Second Installment / "The Stranger made no use to use his bow, but remained just within the doorway." / Chapter III Page 1

From the Estate of Charles Martignette

PROVENANCE:
Midwestern Galleries, Cincinnati (label verso).

EXHIBITED:
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, January 18-May 18, 1975 (label verso);
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, September 7-November 18, 1979 (label verso).

LITERATURE:
J.W. Schultz, "The Whit Blackfoot", American Boy, July 1918;
C. Schoonover, Frank Schoonover: Illustrator of the North American Frontier, New York, 1976, p. 114.

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