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[photo] [Northwestern landscape with buck and doe near a body of water]
Photo credit: Timothy B. Martin
Date: said to be undated
Medium: oil on artist's board
Inscription: said to be none
Verso: In an unknown penciled script "F. Schafer". Label of Matthew's Galleries.
Provenance: In private collection, Oregon; offered in 1998 by Matthew's Galleries, inventory #2779. Sold April 12, 2018 for $400+18% as lot #224 by McLaren Auction Services, Aurora, Oregon.
Reproductions: 12 April 2018 sale catalog.
Description: A four-point buck and a doe stand on a point extending into a lake or slowly moving river, against a backdrop of rugged mountains at the center and right and a conifer forest on the left. The more distant mountains in the center have traces of snow on the tops, while the nearer range on the right consists of steep cliffs rising above the opposite bank. A snag lies on the flat left bank in the foreground; beyond it is a small cove and beyond that a large rock outcrop, sloping down to the left. (From a color photograph.)
Legend: The painting is said to have originated in Oregon.
Identification: Assigned, descriptive title.
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