HARKRADER

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Mountain Lake Drawings from Life by Harkrader

Valuation Framework

This valuation reflects archival collection standards rather than

single-work retail pricing. The price considers:

• Historical documentation value

• Scholarly citation and publication recognition

• Rarity and irreplaceability

• Museum usability (exhibition, research, publication potential)

• Institutional comparables for similar documentary art archives

Scholarly Recognition Premium

The collection carries documented scholarly validation, including:

Formal analysis in a University of Virginia Press publication (2018)
A full chapter dedicated to the artist’s drawing practice
Connection to nationally significant art figures
(Cage, Thiebaud, Sonnier, Gablik, Kuspit, etc.)

Published recognition substantially elevates institutional

acquisition value, placing the collection

above typical emerging or regional artist pricing tiers.

Rarity and Irreplaceability

This archive is a one-of-a-kind, first-person visual record

of the Mountain Lake Symposiums—

no comparable on-site drawing archive exists documenting these events.

Institutional Benefit

For a single acquisition, the museum receives:

• Exhibition-ready works

• A complete research archive

• Published scholarly validation

• High educational and programming potential

• A regionally significant yet nationally connected collection

The price reflects a strong cost-to-impact ratio relative to contemporary museum acquisitions.

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Redemption: Phase IV

Using digital imaging software, Harkrader

layered four images he photographed in

Krakow, Poland / Sorrento, Italy

Paris, Francis / Pompeii, Italy.

Not an A.I. generated image.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Fire & Ice

An A.I. generated output created

by Harkrader using his original painting

of his dog, Brother.

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Neighbors: Now at Montgomery Museum of Art & History

Neighbors / Oil on Canvas / 18" x 24"

Harkrader's 'Neighbors' canvas now resides

at the Montgomery Museum of Art & History

A portrait of Harkrader's dog "Brother Dog"

that he brought from Alaska and a neighbor child.

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Booker T. Washington & Charles S. Schaeffer

Washington and Schaeffer

Black History Month

February 2025

Left: Standing erect, regal, and confident, a gentleman, Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute and later, advisor to Christiansburg Industrial Institute. An educator and author, dressed in 1890s style, in front of the Hill School on Zion Hill, now High Street.

Right: Rev. Charles S. Schaeffer, former Union Soldier and Baptist Minister from Philadelphia, and founder of Christiansburg Industrial Institute, dressed in 1860s style, confident and stately, in front of the historic Schaeffer Memorial Church.

Washington and Schaeffer probably never met one another. This painting is symbolic only, a hypothetical meeting of two renowned gentlemen who brought their legacy of establishing and advancing Black higher education opportunities to Virginia.

This painting now belongs to the

Christiansburg Institute, Inc. Museum

and is an addition to the

Gary S. & Ellen L. Harkrader Collection.

Harkrader 2025