| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 42 x 70 in (107 x 178 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "T. Hill" |
| Verso: | "Yosemite Valley Cal/from Artists Point", fraktur hand |
| Provenance: | With Richard York Gallery, New York City, 1993 |
| Reproductions: | Richard York Gallery photograph, 1993; The Magazine Antiques, July 1993, page 19 (color) |
| Attribution: | The composition, finish, palette, accents, trees, fallen logs, three-legged horse, natural-looking waterfall, fraktur printing of the verso inscription, and close resemblence to [Yosemite 4] all suggest that Schafer is the artist, despite the signature. |
| Site: | A view looking East up Yosemite Valley, California, from high on the South side, near Artist's point along the Madera road. |
| Description: | The classic view of Yosemite Valley, with El Capitan looming darkly on the left, Cathedral Rocks above Bridal Veil Fall on the right, Half Dome visible through the haze in the distance with snow-covered mountains beyond, Sentinel Rock framed by a ridge just beyond, and the Merced river winding through the valley below. The painting is divided diagonally into two triangles, the upper left triangle being a background with minimal finish, while the lower right triangle is richly detailed. Bright sunlight in the center strikes a green slope, the trail, and four travelers on horseback head away from the viewer, toward a conifer forest. One rider has dismounted and appears to be checking the saddlebags; another wears a bright red shirt. On the left of the trail a fallen snag lies across a large boulder. To the right, in the shadowed foreground, a rivulet cascades down the steep hillside. (From a color photograph.) |
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