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| 1356 |
| The Flash of Powder |
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| Alternate Titles: | Questers of the Desert [1993] | |
| Date: | 02/09/1925 | |
| Size: | 38″H x 29″W | |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | Schultz, James Willard. “Questers of the Desert.” The American Boy, May 1925: 15. caption: The flash of powder revealed a painted and shirtless Indian toppling backward from the ladder. Schultz, James Willard. Questers of the Desert. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925: facing 138. |
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| Inscription: | ll: F.E. Schoonover / ’25 | |
| Annotations: | en verso on label on stretcher: “Illustration / for installment ‘The Questers’ Feb. 25 / p. 37 chapter 7 #1356” / old inventory # verso 9310 / / listed on May 1980 inventory as / “Indian Scaling Wall” / / This painting was reproduced as an / illustration for “Questers of the / Desert” by James Willard Schultz, with / illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover, / published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1925, p. 139.
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| Exhibitions: | 1993 Eiteljorg | |
| Comments: | digital 8/28/03; form 8/28/03; index; edit 6/07; 4×5 transparency by Michael Gould [Boston, MA]4-06; Per Houghton Mifflin: “I began firing down the slant / of the ladder in front of me.” / oil on canvas / 38 x 29 inches / signed lower left F.E. Schoonover ’25. |
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| Commentary: | This image was painted over #1336. (day books) | |
| Provenance: | Artist; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts |
