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[photo] The Three Sisters [8]

Medium: Oil on canvas.
Size: 24 x 36 in (61 x 91 cm)
Inscription: Signed l/l "F. Schafer", underlined, in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand.
Verso: Titled l/c "The Three Sisters", triple underlined, with unusually large capitals and cloud-like decoration, in a block-letter hand with more ornamentation than is typical of the artist.
Provenance: Offered 20 November 2000 (not sold) by McLaren Auction Services, Aurora, Oregon, as lot 2078.
Reproductions: McLaren Auction Services sale catalog.
Site: View of the Three Sisters mountains across a river valley. (See note.)
Note: The view is unlike the other paintings of the Three Sisters by Schafer, with South Sister mostly obscuring North Sister. It is not clear where the viewpoint might be located.
Identification: Title from the verso inscription, presumably provided by the artist.
In index(es): Title list, the Three Sisters, Oregon

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