| Date: | undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "Schafer", fraktur hand, in red |
| Verso: | "Moonlight on the Truckee River" |
| Provenance: | In private collection; with Hunter Gallery , San Francisco, 1970; to private collection, San Francisco, 1970. With Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, 8 August 2005. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #123 (color, 1971); 8 August 2005 on-line sale catalog 13221, lot 94 (color). |
| Description: | A yellow full moon is partly veiled with a cloud in the upper center against a dark sky with an even darker cloud above. The moon brightens the rapids in a stream running directly from the center towards the viewer, who stands in the middle of the stream. Both sides of the stream are lined with tall conifers; on the left a single tree reaches to the sky while a dead tree on its left leans off toward the left edge; behind is more forest, and in front a log has fallen down the slope into the stream. On the right two trees stand in the middle distance with more forest behind, brush in front, and a dead tree on the ground hangs out over the stream. The sky has a warm greyish-yellow tint imparted by the moonlight. The lower part is quite bright, with inviting green foliage. (From the painting, 18 December 1989.) |
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