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| 842 |
| Getting Ready to Go Up |
| FES Title: | Getting ready to go up – aviator drawing on gloves | |
| Alternate Titles: | “The Landing After a Day’s Work” |
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| Date: | 02/18/1918 | |
| Size: | 36″H x 27″W | |
| Medium: |  |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | “Our War Eagles.” Red Cross Magazine, July 1918: 17. caption: “Contact” Here’s a two-man American plane in France – just about to start. The mechanician reverses the propeller until the engine takes hold. It requires five or more “ground men” to care for one plane Barron, Elwyn A. Deeds of Heroism and Bravery. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1920: dust jacket. Ianni, Francis A. World War One Remembered. Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Commission, 1993: 60. |
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| Inscription: | lr: Frank E Schoonover / ’18 | |
| Annotations: | en verso in black paint: no. 841 / Feb – 1918 / Painted by / Frank E. Schoonover en verso on original label on upper stretcher: Feb 1918 No. 841 / Painting originally made for / Red Cross Mag. / New York Curtis Plant / The Landing after days work |
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| Exhibitions: | 2008 DAM | |
| Comments: | NT 4×5 [3]; index; edit |
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| Commentary: | Although the verso of the painting says “841,” the subject matter matches Schoonover’s day book description for #842. It is thought that he made a mistake when labeling these two paintings. | |
| Provenance: | Sold by artist to Leonard L. Beans, Jr. (July 23, 1959); American Illustrators Gallery, New York; Schoonover Studios, Ltd., Wilmington, Delaware [1992]; Sotheby’s, New York (March 17, 1994); Thomas Brown, Naples, Florida [1994]; private collection [2008] |
