| Date: | said to be 1881 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 14 x 24 in (36 x 61 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F. Schafer" said to be dated 1881, not visible in repro |
| Provenance: | Offered in 1980 by Kerwin Galleries, Burlingame, California. Sold 19 March 1981 for $880 by Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, as lot 227 in sale 3139. |
| Reproductions: | 19 March 1981 sale catalog; Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #53 (color, 1980) |
| Description: | A dramatically colored morning scene, with the sun hitting the edges of rocks from the right. In the center, a rocky creek bed with two bushy trees, a wooden rail fence, and low bushes on its right; dead trees overfall the creek from the left. A bright beige rocky shore on the far side of the creek contrasts with dark greens of the foreground and trees. Beyond the creek is a bright field with a few brown and white cows; the background is lined with trees. The sky is cloudy grey. (From a color photograph.) |
| Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, as listed by Kerwin Galleries in 1980. The Early California and Western Art Research index identifies the slide with the Kerwin Galleries offering and reports the size as "approx 14 x 22 in". |
| In index(es): | Title list, pastoral and rural scenes, dated paintings |
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