| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Verso: | said to be no inscription |
| Provenance: | In private collection, San Francisco, 1971. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #116 (color (September 1971) |
| Description: | A canoe with two figures stands on the bank of a small, light blue, lake at the end of a tree-lined road. Beyond the lake is a forested, fog-covered hillside. On the right, one large birch tree dominates two slightly smaller ones, filling the painting to the top; on the left the trees are farther away but still quite tall. Wildflowers grow in the grass on either side of the road; the trunk of a dead tree lies along the left edge. The sky is cloudy but the sun, coming from the right, casts a foreground shadow and brightens the white trunks of the trees. (From a color photograph.) |
| Note: | See the list of forest path scenes for several other works of similar composition. This work has many similarities to Morning in the Adirondacks [2], and for that reason it also appears in the index of eastern United States scenes. |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title. |
| In index(es): | Title list, eastern United States scenes, forest path scenes |
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