| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 26 x 16 in (66 x 41 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer" |
| Provenance: | With Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 3 October 1981. With Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 19 January 1982. |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #56 (color, 1982) |
| Citations: | 3 October 1981 sale catalog 3170, lot 151; 19/20 January 1982 sale catalog 3184, lot 200 |
| Site: | Rooster rock, a rock pinnacle, on the Columbia River, Oregon. |
| Description: | The rock stands in the center of the painting with some trees to its right, against a cloudy sky with a bit of blue at the top. The Columbia river runs by on the left with a snag near its right bank. A white paddlewheel steamer is seen in the distance on the river. (From a color photograph.) |
| Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, from the 1981 sale catalog. The Early California and Western Art Research index identifies the slide with the 3 October 1981 sale. The 19 January 1982 sale replaces the title words on the with a comma, but is probably the same painting, based on the size, title similarity, and the failure of the earlier sale. |
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