| Date: | undated, probably 1880-1886 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 24 x 16 in (61 x 41 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer S.F.", fraktur hand |
| Provenance: | With Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 17 January 1990; to private collection, San Francisco, 1990. |
| Reproductions: | 17 January 1990 sale catalog 2162P/P51, lot 311 |
| Site: | Unidentified. The profile of a cliff in the background may be that of Sentinel Rock, in Yosemite Valley. |
| Description: | A tall conifer stands in the center with branches only near its top, which is silhouetted against the sky. The stump of another tree appears on its right, and the ancient grey trunk of a fallen tree lies in the foreground. On the left is a small, dark lake, while two more distant but still prominent tall pines stand on a wooded slope that climbs high on the right. In the background loom grey cliffs across the horizon, with a small peak at the left of center. Clouds fill the lower half of the sky, blue the upper half. Apart from the sky, the painting is executed entirely in greens and browns. (From the painting, 27 December 1989.) |
| Note: | The initials "S.F." following the signature suggest that the painting was executed during the period 1880-1886, when Schafer had a studio in San Francisco. |
| Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, from the 1990 sale catalog. |
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