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Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

Painting record FFSd0894

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[photo] [Morning on Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, California [2]

Medium: oil on canvas laid on board
Size: 20 x 36 in (51 x 76 cm)
Inscription: l/r "F. Schafer" in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand
Provenance: Sold 28 February 2010 for $1800+22% by Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, as lot 7037 in sale 17748.
Reproductions: Bonhams & Butterfields sale catalog (color).
Site: A view of Yosemite Valley looking southwest across Mirror Lake, with the geological formation known as Royal Arches on the right and Mount Watkins on the left.
Note: This painting is one of the few by Schafer in which the surrounding landscape is faithfully reflected in the water, probably because that reflection is the defining feature of Mirror Lake.
Identification: The assigned, descriptive title used here is based on two other very similar paintings (Morning on Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, California [1] and Morning on Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley California [3]) that were titled by the artist.
Other title(s): Yosemite from the Merced (From the Bonhams & Butterfields 28 February 2010 sale catalog. This title, of unknown source, is technically incorrect, since the lake depicted is on Tenaya Creek, a tributary of the Merced River.)
In index(es): Title list, Yosemite Valley--other views

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