| Medium: | oil on canvas, laid down on cardboard |
| Size: | 12.25 x 8.75 in (31.1 x 22.2 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "FSchafer" initials conjoined in a monogram, in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Verso: | u/c "#67/Autumn in the Catskills/By Schafer/Aux/W", title in ink in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, remainder in an unknown script hand |
| Provenance: | With Hunter Gallery, San Francisco, 1975. With Hunter Gallery. Carmel, California, 1989; to private collection, New England, from 1989. |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #28 (color, 1975); William K. Dick photo #146 (color, 1975) |
| Description: | A stream with a few large boulders and a sandy right bank enters at the center, leaving at the left and front. A branch lies on one boulder; a duck swims away from the boulders. Two tall, almost leafless trees on the right penetrate the sky with orange and red fall colors; a dead tree on the far left bank also extends into the sky. The background is a forest in shades of brown. The sky is filled with grey clouds, a white cloud near the center, and a patch of blue. (From the painting, 11 November 1989.) |
| Note: | Based on the similar composition, sequential number verso, and identical size and mounting method, this painting appears to be a pendant to Sunset in San Joaquin Valley. |
| Identification: | A note on the back of the photograph from William K. Dick gives the size as 14 x 8 in, but the photograph appears to be of the same painting as in the Early California and Western Art Research slide. Under the ink title is a different title in a script hand, of which the words "… on …er Creek" are visible. |
| Other title(s): | River landscape in the Catskills (Early California and Western Art Research index) |
| In index(es): | Title list, eastern United States scenes |
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