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[photo] Moonlight in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Photo credit: Owner's photograph, 2003
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Size: 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm)
Inscription: Signed l/l "F Schafer." in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand.
Verso: Titled l/c "Moonlight in SantaCruz Mts. / California." in black brush in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand. Said to be numbered u/r "88" and "50-28" on the frame.
Provenance: private collection, western Oregon, by 2003.
Citations: Personal communication
Site: Unidentified
Legend: The painting is thought to have been acquired by the 2003 owner's grandmother, perhaps while living in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and passed by descent to a great aunt, the owner's mother, and finally to the owner.
Identification: Title from verso inscription.
In index(es): Title list, Indian encampments as primary subjects, moonlight nocturnes and other scenes showing the moon, mountain streams through a forest, Santa Cruz mountains, California

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