| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 15 x 18 in (38 x 46 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F Schafer", fraktur hand, underlined |
| Verso: | "Falling Leaves/$50.00/" third line unreadable, in ink on a gummed paper label, unknown hand. |
| Provenance: | With Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 24 October 1985. With DeRu's Fine Arts, Bellflower, California, 1990. |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #100 (color, 1990) |
| Citations: | 24 October 1985 sale catalog 3595P, lot 4186 |
| Description: | The base of an ancient tree fills the left center, surrounded by boulders and a dilapidated rail fence. Autumn leaves cover the foreground, and a broadleaf forest in full autumn color forms the background. Through the fence is a yellow-green grassy field. The small patch of sky on the right is blue with small clouds. (From the painting, 21 July 1990.) |
| Note: | The painting has been extended in size about 1/2 inch, by repositioning the bottom stretcher bar and painting the exposed margin, perhaps to accomodate a larger-than-expected frame. |
| Identification: | Dewitt McCall of DeRu Fine Arts confirms the identification with the Bonhams & Butterfields sale. The sale catalog adds the words old country fence to the end of the title. |
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