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| Shorty Had the Best Position for Defense |
| FES Title: | Shorty had the best position for defense | |
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| Date: | 08/18/1905 | |
| Size: | 30″H x 20″W | |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | Mulford, Clarence Edward. “The Fight at Buckskin.” Outing Magazine, December 1905: facing 266. caption: “Shorty had the best position for defense” Mulford, Clarence Edward. Bar-20. New York: The Outing Publishing Company: facing 8. Apgar, John F., Jr. Frank E. Schoonover, Painter-Illustrator: A Bibliography. Morristown, NJ: John F. Apgar, Jr., 1969: 11. Brandywine River Museum. Brandywine West: January 18 – May 18, 1975. Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1975. Schoonover, Cortlandt. Frank Schoonover, Illustrator of the North American Frontier. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976: 57. Oppel, Frank, ed. Tales of the West. Secaucus, NJ: Castle, 1984: 77. |
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| Inscription: | lr: Frank E. Schoonover | |
| Annotations: | en verso on upper stretcher in white paint: SCHOONOVER, F. 20″ x 30″ | |
| Exhibitions: | 1975 BRM (catalog) | |
| Comments: | dig; index; form 3/07; edit en verso on Kennedy Galleries label: Artist: Schoonover, Frank E. Date 1877- Title: Shorty Had the Best Position for Defense Size: 30″ x 20″ Medium: oil/canvas Stock Number: A14472 Neg. No. 8158 Kennedy Galleries Inc. 20 East 56th Street, NY, NY 10022
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| Commentary: | Schoonover convinced N.C. Wyeth to assist with the painting of the horse in this illustration. (diaries) See #249 for further commentary. | |
| Provenance: | Artist; Helen L. Card, Latentdorf Bookshop, New York (as of March 4, 1961); Kennedy Galleries, New York; private collection (circa 1965) | |
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