| Date: | undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 20 x 36 in (51 x 91 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F. Schafer", fraktur hand |
| Verso: | no inscription |
| Provenance: | With Kerwin Galleries, Burlingame, California, 1979-80. With Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, 12 August 1989. With Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 12 December 2001. |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #52 (color, 1980); William K. Dick photo #20 (color, 1979) 12 December 2001 sale catalog 7274D, lot 5178 |
| Citations: | William K. Dick notes, page 76 |
| Site: | Unconfirmed, but apparently a few miles south of Salt Lake City. Based on the painting titles and other legends handed down with the paintings, the lake is called Bear Lake, the large central mountain is called Black Mountain, and the light-colored mountain on the left is called Crystal Mountain. But a search of Utah place names does not turn up any single location associated with all three names. |
| Description: | A black triangular mountain dominates the center of the painting, with a contrasting very bright mountain on the left, a beige mountain on the right, and a greyins mountain ridge in the background. A river or lake flows from the center toward the viewer; finally encompassing the entire width of the painting at the bottom. Conifer trees line the edge of the river on both sides, but there are only a few scattered trees on any of the nearby mountains. (From the painting, 12 August 1989.) |
| Note: | See the list of Wasatch Mountains, including Black Mountain, paintings for other paintings of this same scene from slightly different vantage points. |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title based on three other paintings of the same scene that the artist titled. The alternate title was used in the Early California and Western Art Research index. The Early California and Western Art Research index and the photograph by William K. Dick both identify the painting with the 1980 Kerwin Galleries offering. |
| Other title(s): | [Wasatch Mountains] |
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