Medium: | oil on board |
Size: | 24 x 16 in (61 x 41 cm) |
Inscription: | said to be l/r "F. Schafer" |
Provenance: | With Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 25 May 1982. |
Reproductions: | 25 May 1982 sale catalog 3205A, lot 210 |
Site: | May be Lassen Peak, California, before that volcano erupted in 1914/1915. |
Description: | An isolated, square-topped mountain dominates the scene, with a more distant snow-capped peak to its right. A river flows from the left middle to the right foreground, carrying a canoe with figures. A tall conifer stands on the left edge, on the near bank of the river. the far bank is forested; there may be a campground on that bank. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, as found in the 1982 sale catalog. |