| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 9.13 x 15 in (23.2 x 38.1 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Provenance: | Sold 18 June 1979 for $350+10% by Sotheby's, Los Angeles, as lot 182 in sale 254. |
| Reproductions: | Sotheby's 18 June 1979 sale catalog (monochrome). |
| Description: | Brushwork very noticeable with minimal finish. A snow-capped mountain dominates the center, viewed through a wide river valley. The river enters the scene at the center and continues to the front left; almost no curve is visible until the river sweeps past the viewer's feet to exit on the right. On the near, right bank are a boulder and a log leaning up the bank toward the right. Farther up the bank, a few trees; behind these and higher, a rock cliff. On the left bank, farther away, a steep, forested, hillside. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
| Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, from the 1979 sale catalog. The small size is distinctive, perhaps a pendant with [Sierra Nevada], at the same sale. |
| Other title(s): | A mountainous landscape (International Auction Records) |
| In index(es): | Title list, unidentified mountain scenes |
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