| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | said to be signed l/r |
| Provenance: | With Mill Valley Western Gallery, Mill Valley, California. With Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco September 1977, lot 607. |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #38 (color, 1976) |
| Site: | Standing on the North (Washington) side of the Columbia river looking West toward Beacon Rock. |
| Description: | The silhouette of Beacon Rock divides an orange sunset on the left side of the painting from blue sky on the right. Tall trees fill out the upper part of right side, while the foreground is covered with brush and wild flowers and a prominent boulder. The river flows below on the left. (From a color photograph.) |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title, based on several other paintings of the landmark that were titled by the artist. An alternate title, using the modern name of the landmark, is used in the Early California and Western Art Research index. |
| Other title(s): | Pilot Rock, Columbia River (Early California and Western Art Research report of sale); Beacon Rock, Columbia River, at Sunset (Early California and Western Art Research index) |
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