| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 14 in (76 x 36 cm) (?) |
| Inscription: | said to be l/r "Frederick Schafer" (not visible in repro) |
| Provenance: | Sold 9 December 1981 for $250 + 10% by Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, as lot 95 in sale 3182, "American and European Pictures". |
| Reproductions: | 9 December 1981 sale catalog. |
| Description: | A tall narrow painting. A large tree with gnarled branches and exposed roots fills the entire right side. A stream flows around its base on the left; a dead tree falls over the stream. There is much forest clutter--dead branches and trees--in the lower half. A steep, narrow peak appears in the hazy distance at the top left. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
| Identification: | Presumably descriptive title of unknown origin, as found in the 1981 sale catalog. The photograph has the proportions of a 35 x 14 inch painting. |
| In index(es): | Title list, miscellaneous other well-known landmarks |
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