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Painting record FFSd0576

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[photo] [Mount Hood, Oregon 2]

Date: probably undated
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 32 x 43 in (81 x 109 cm)
Inscription: said to be l/l "F. Schafer"
Provenance: With Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, 4-5 October 1997
Reproductions: 1998 sale catalog lot 187
Description: (The available photograph issomewhat difficult to interpret.) A snowcovered stratovolcano in the center is viewed through a steep valley with a bottom (probably a river) at the right. The sky appears to be cloud-filled. The foreground hillside on the left is largely clear, with low brush and rocks and a prominent boulder near the left front. The more distant parts of the valley on both sides are forested. Although a fewe trees stand on the other side of the foreground clearing, none are particularly prominent. (From a color photograph.)
Note: The size, provided by the auction catalog, is quite unusual.

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