| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer", in black, vertical accent over the "a", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Verso: | (not visible; back is covered with foam-core) |
| Provenance: | With Butterfield & Butterfield 8 December 1998. Sold 5 August 2014 for $6250 by Bonhams as lot 6 in sale 21780. |
| Reproductions: | 8 December 1998 sale catalog 6847D/D16, lot 2050 5 August 2014 on-line sale catalog |
| Attribution: | Although this painting has a typical composition, palette, and signature for Schafer, it is unusual in that there is no staffage, the illumination is relatively uniform rather than having a central focus and there are no standing, leaning, or fallen snags and no apparent debris. |
| Site: | Mount Shasta, viewed from the west, through an unidentified river valley. |
| Description: | A rather roughly sketched view of the mountain through a river valley that has little detail, especially in the farther reaches. A stratovolcano with a secondary cone on the left stands in the center without quite dominating the painting against a mostly cloudy sky tinged with pink. The cap of the mountain is bare rock, with snow-covered rock below, especially on the left (North) side. The river is in the right center; the left bank a moderate slope cluttered with several large boulders; farther up the slope five conifers are tall enough to be silhouetted against the sky, the advance guard of a forest beyond. Wildflowers dot the nearest parts of the slope. The right bank is much steeper, rising quickly past a few trees to a steep cliff. Intermediate ranges appear in the hazy distance. (From the painting, 6 December 1998) |
| Identification: | Descriptive title from sale catalog. |
| In index(es): | Title list, Mount Shasta and Shastina |
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