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Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

Painting record FFSd0686

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[photo] [Evening on Mount Tamalpais 3]

Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm)
Inscription: l/r "F. Schafer" in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, in red
Verso: "2885" in chalk on the stretcher bars in two places; 'Mission Paint & Art Co. / 12 E. Canon Perdido St. / Santa Barbara / "Distinctive Framing" ' on a label on the frame.
Provenance: To collection of Dr. Amos Riley Hathway and Ellen Hathway, San Luis Obispo, California by 1904; by descent to collection of Anita M. Hathway, San Luis Obispo, California, c. 1904; by descent c. 1971 and again to private collection, Visalia, California.
Citations: Personal communication
Site: View from the north of Mount Tamalpais, in Marin County, California, at sunset. The viewpoint is probably near San Anselmo.
Legend: Dr. Hathway is said to have traded a piece of land for the painting.
Identification: Assigned, descriptive title, based on titles of similar paintings titled by the artist.
In index(es): Title list, Mount Tamalpais

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