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| The Storm Was on Them |
| FES Title: | The storm was on them. | |
| Alternate Titles: | The Test | |
| Date: | 09/1904 | |
| Size: | 20″H x 15″W | |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | Beach, Rex E. “The Test.” McClure’s Magazine, December 1904: 158. caption: “The storm was on them, roaring down from every side, swooping out of the boiling sky” Reed, Walt. 50 Great American Illustrators. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1979: 97. Reed, Walt. Great American Illustrators. New York: Abbeville Press, 1979: 139. |
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| Inscription: | ll: F.E. Schoonover ll: to Mead Schaeffer / from his friend the artist / Frank E. Schoonover / June 4, 1938 |
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| Annotations: | en verso on label: These drawings are not well fixed / please handle carefully.
en verso on label: No. 13511 / Article: Test/ Schoonover en verso on label: Schoonover Studios Ltd. label / Artist: Frank R. Schoonover / Title: The Test / Date: 1900 / Medium: Charcoal + wax crayon / Size: 21″ x 15″ / #226 in daybooks |
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| Comments: | TP 3/31/06; tearsheets in file; index; edit | |
| Commentary: | The notation in the day books indicates ‘monotone’, which Schoonover executed in shades of umbers. | |
| Provenance: | Given by the artist to Mead Scheaffer (June 4, 1938); Walt Reed, New York (as of 1979); Brock Vinton, Wilmington, Delaware; private collection |
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