| 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-printing hand; numbered l/r "42" in a different, calligraphic hand. |
| Verso: | Titled l/c "Cape Horn / Sierra Nevada Mts / Cala." in the artist's characteristic block-printing hand. |
| Provenance: | In private collection, northern California, by 1965; by descent in the family in 2022 to private collection, San Diego, California. |
| Citations: | Personal communications with the owners, 2003 and 2022. |
| Site: | Unidentified. There are several places in California known as Cape Horn but none of them seem to look like the rock formation in this painting. |
| Note: | (1) As of 2003, the painting had been in the family for over 40 years. (2) As of 2023 this is the only Schafer painting to emerge on which a number other than the date is inscribed on the front. The purpose and meaning of the number, which appears to be "42", has not been determined. |
| Identification: | Title from verso inscription. |
| Other title(s): | [Mountain sunset] 42 |
| In index(es): | Title list, sunset scenes, paintings not otherwise indexed by content |
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