| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | signed indistinctly l/l "F.Schafer", hand uncertain. |
| Verso: | Titled l/c "Morning in the / Yos******Valley", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, partially obscured by a repair patch. |
| Provenance: | "A Carmel Estate"; sold 15 May 2026 for $5567.50 by Clar's Auction Gallery, Oakland, California, as lot 4046 in "Important May Fine Art & Gallery Auction" to private collection, Palo Alto, California. |
| Reproductions: | Clar's Auction Gallery on-line sale catalog. |
| Site: | View East into Yosemite Valley, California, from along the old Mariposa trail. El Capitan stands at the left, Cathedral Rocks and Bridalveil Fall are on the right, with the Merced river at the bottom of the valley. |
| Note: | The portrait orientation of a classic Yosemite view is unusual for Schafer. This painting may have been prepared as a pendant with Union Point / Yosemite Valley, which has the same provenance. |
| Identification: | Title from the artist's verso inscription. |
| In index(es): | Title list, Yosemite Valley--classic view |
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