| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F Schafer" in red, fraktur hand, initials conjoined |
| Verso: | said to be "Moonlight on the Truckee River" |
| Provenance: | With Brown's Antiques, San Francisco, in 1972. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #121 (color, 1972) |
| Description: | The lower half of a bright yellow full moon in the upper center of a brownish sky is partly covered with clouds. Dense trees stand high on both sides of a small river. In the left foreground brush and wildflowers grow around two dead tree trunks; on the right a log lies along the bank. The moon reflects in the rapids of the stream. The entire painting is in tones of yellow and brown. (From a color photograph.) |
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