| Date: | undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 14 x 24 in (36 x 61 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer", fraktur printing, underlined |
| Provenance: | With James Bakker & Co., Boston, 17 September 1994. With Robert W. Skinner Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts, 18 July 1996. With eBay, Incorporated, 14 November--21 November 1999. To private collection, Atlanta, December 1999. |
| Citations: | 17 September 1994 sale listing, lot 152; 18 July 1996 sale catalog 1722, lot 218 eBay, Incorporated item #200491285 |
| Description: | Small waves wash up on a sandy beach in a cove on the right, and break on a rocky point on the other side of the cove. Higher rocks are visible just beyond the point, then a more distant cove on which there are two sailboats; across the back the coastline recedes into low hills. The sky above is filled with misty clouds; a few seagulls circle over the more distant rocks. The painting is quite light in color, mostly shades of beige. (From a color photograph 1/9/97.) |
| Note: | The 1966 catalog gives a date of "c. 1905" but there is no evidence for this date; it is probably based on the unsupported but widely circulated conjecture that Schafer's later paintings are lighter. The title comes from a handwritten label on the back. |
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