| Date: | none reported |
| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 30 x 60 in (76 x 152 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer" in the rounded sketch hand, with a single dot over the "a" |
| Verso: | none reported |
| Provenance: | In private collection, New York by 2001; sold 22 July 2006 for $25,200 by The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, as lot 217. (see note 1) |
| Reproductions: | The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction 2006 sale catalog |
| Site: | Great Plains (Montana?) |
| Note: | 1. When originally posted, The on-line catalog omitted the lot number, and different reports give different lot numbers. The lot number appearing here is from a personal communication with auction personnel and it appears in later postings of the catalog. 2. This painting is reported to have been offered by the Alex Fraser Gallery (now Granville Fine Art) in Vancouver, B.C., a gallery in New England, and Bill Hood and Sons Art and Antique Auctions, in Florida before appearing in The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction of July 22 2006. 3. Based on matching size and similar theme, this painting appears to be a pendant with [Sioux village at night]. 4. A 16 x 20 inch giclee on canvas reproduction of this painting has been offered for sale on eBay by a Florida seller. The image in the advertisement has an aspect ratio that is significantly different from the original. |
| Identification: | Title source unknown, probably an assigned descriptive title. |
| In index(es): | Title list, buffalo on the Great Plains, expensive paintings |
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