Medium: | oil on canvas |
Size: | 24 x 16 in (61 x 41 cm) |
Inscription: | l/l "F. Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, along the shoreline |
Provenance: | In private collection, 1972. |
Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #128 (color, 1972) |
Site: | A view to the East up Yosemite Valley, California, with Sentinel Rock in the center. |
Description: | The brown outline of Sentinel Rock stands in the center against a hazy bright sky. Beyond it on the left is seen the dim outline of distant cliffs. A steep, sunlit slope climbs to the right in front of the rock; in front of that is a dark shadowed forest on the valley floor. A river flows from the lower center of the painting to cover the entire front edge; on a point on the right bank is a tepee and other fixtures of a small camp. To the right of the tepee is a small broadleaf tree, and still farther to the right a dead tree stands with branches in a wide Y. On the left bank are brighter trees, with one conifer reaching up to the sky. In the left foreground, rocks line the banks of the river. (From a color photograph.) |
Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title. |
In index(es): | Title list, Indian encampments as incidental subjects, Yosemite Valley--Sentinel Rock |