Medium: | watercolor on artist's board |
Size: | 3 x 5 in (3 x 13 cm) |
Inscription: | l/r signed, not legible in photograph |
Verso: | l/c "F. Schäfer & Son / Scenic Painters / address 1603 Benton Street / Alameda California" in script, probably the artist's hand, using a brown pen. u/c "1/2 ox126 Art 15¢" in a different script using a black pen. l/l "830Y" in pencil. |
Provenance: | With an unidentified antique shop, San Anselmo, California, 1985; to private collection, New Hampshire, 1985. |
Citations: | Personal communication |
Note: | (1) The address given in the inscription was that of Schafer's home and studio from 1886 through 1904. City directories list his son Otto as a "scenic artist" dated between the years 1896 and 1904. (2) This painting is accompanied with a second watercolor of the same size, [Mountain lake 1 (Lake Tahoe?)]. |
Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title. |
In index(es): | Title list, unusual subjects--still life, cityscapes, winter scenes, watercolor and gouache paintings |