| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer", underlined, in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Verso: | No inscription on the canvas. On the upper stretcher bar, in faint pencil in an unidentified hand, "Headwaters *** Columbia / Riv" |
| Provenance: | In collection of Bertha Gaut, Rolling Hills Estates, California, by 2006; offered 17 October 2006 (not sold) byJohn Moran Auctioneers, Inc., Pasadena, California as lot 154 in California & American Fine Art sale; sold 22 May 2007 for $4688 by John Moran Auctioneers, Inc., Pasadena, California, as lot 2139 in Antiques and Fine Furnishings sale. |
| Reproductions: | John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. 17 October 2006 and 22 May 2007 sale catalogs. |
| Note: | 1. The authority of the title from the stretcher bar inscription is unknown. Schafer is not known to have journeyed to that area of British Columbia. 2. The alternate title, apparently a descriptive title assigned before discovery of the stretcher bar inscription, is misleading—the painting actually depicts six mounted Indians, as well as a couple of bears. |
| Identification: | Title from verso inscription. The 2006 and 2007 sale catalogs use an assigned, descriptive title. See Notes. |
| Other title(s): | [Riverscape with three mounted Indians] (John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. sale catalogs) |
| In index(es): | Title list, paintings not otherwise indexed by content |
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