| Date: | undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 54 in (76 x 137 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F.Schafer" fraktur hand |
| Verso: | said to be no inscription; back sealed |
| Provenance: | To private collection, San Francisco, c. 1971; with Carlson Gallery, San Francisco, in 1983. with Butterfield West, San Francisco, 16 July 1996; to private collection, northern California. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #72 (color, 1971) |
| Citations: | 16 July 1996 sale 6460W list, lot 10168 |
| Site: | The Great Plains (Montana?) |
| Description: | Twelve Indians sit and stand in a pow-wow around their seated chief; another, on a white horse, is just arriving; two more come down a ravine between rocks from the right, while across a wide valley in the distance are seven more riders coming to join the group. The chief is distinguished by a headdress with many feathers; the others have only one or two apiece. The right side of the painting is filled with exotic, brown and grey rock formations. At a great distance a ridge of snow-capped mountains is just visible on the horizon. The sky is light blue with clouds near the horizon. (From the painting, 14 July 1996.) |
| Note: | See the list of Plains Indians genre paintings for several possibly related paintings. |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title, based partly on the similarity of subject with Going to the pow-wow. Indian scene, Montana. The Bonhams & Butterfields auction listing uses the alternate descriptive title and attributes the painting with the phrase "bearing signature F. Schapf". |
| Other title(s): | Indians against desert landscape (Bonhams & Butterfields list) |
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