| Date: | not dated, probably 1886 |
| Medium: | oil on board |
| Size: | 8 x 12 in (20 x 30 cm) |
| Inscription: | Signed l/l "*Schafer", preceding letter partly concealed by frame, but consistent with an "F". l/r in relief under the top layer of paint, "Old Baldy near Los Angeles". |
| Verso: | The right half of a perforated and printed paper sticker saying "Coupon/No 341/Mr. Schäfer/E px Dollars" with "341" in red ink, "r. Schäfer" and "E px" in black ink. "275…" in pencil. |
| Provenance: | Sold 9 November 1993 for $770 by John Moran Auctioneers, Inc., Pasadena, California, as lot 818 in an unidentified auction sale; to private collection, San Diego, California. |
| Citations: | 9 November 1993 sale list, lot 818 |
| Site: | Mount San Antonio, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. It is popularly nicknamed "Old Baldy". |
| Description: | Two snow-covered mountain peaks are silhouetted against the sky with a third, lower, snow-covered peak to the right and a lower, more distant range behind and to the left. The lower slopes of the mountains are pinkish. The mountains are viewed through a river valley with steep rocky cliffs in the middle distance and conifer-forested slopes in the foreground. A stream emerges from the valley at the lower right center. Despite the small size, the painting has a high degree of finish. (From a color photograph.) |
| Note: | The suggested date is based on Schafer's reported trip to Southern California in January of that year. |
| Other title(s): | View of Mount Baldy (1993 sale list) |
| In index(es): | Title list, Southern California scenes |
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