| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 44 x 70 in (112 x 178 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer" fraktur hand, underlined. |
| Verso: | said to be "Mt Hood/from the Dalles Oregon" in the artist's hand |
| Provenance: | In collection of the Tacoma Presbyterian Church, Tacoma. Washington; to private collection, Washington. With Braarud Fine Art, LaConner, Washington, 1993; to private collection, Houston. |
| Reproductions: | Alaska Airlines Magazine, January 1993; Nine , January 1993, page 5 (color). |
| Site: | Mount Hood, Oregon, viewed from the east. |
| Description: | A snow-covered stratovolcano stands majestically--almost magically--in the center under a cloudless blue sky, with the sun from the right casting shadows on the volcano's left-facing slopes. The view is through a steep river valley and across several low-lying purplish-gray ridges. In the foreground a mountain slope on the right forms a triangle of more finished detail with a conifer grove near the back, two trees standing tall above the others and silhouetted agains the sky, a reddish cliff at the right edge, and a boulder-strewn grassy area with wildflowers near the front; a snag lies across one of the boulders pointing out toward a white-water river below. On the other side of the river is a less-detailed steep rocky slope. (From a color photograph.) |
| Legend: | Reported to have been a gift from the Schalea family to the Tacoma Presbyterian Church, before World War I. When the church was to be demolished, the minister gave it to a long-time employee. |
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