| Date: | 1890 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F. Schafer 1890", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Verso: | said to be titled |
| Provenance: | Sold 6 October 1988 for $1400+10% by Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, as lot 4008 in sale 3983P/P39. |
| Reproductions: | Butterfield & Butterfield 6 October 1988 sale catalog. |
| Site: | Looking across the Merced River and Bridalveil Meadow, toward Bridalveil Fall and Cathedral Rocks, with Half-Dome in the distance, in Yosemite Valley, California. |
| Description: | A wide river flows from the center left to the right front half of the painting. A fisherman stands on the far bank; behind him on the right is a small forest and behind that the waterfall. A dead tree lies at an angle on the right bank; in a break in the conifer forest on the left bank stands another dead tree. The background on the left consists of hazy mountains. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
| In index(es): | Title list, fishing scenes, Yosemite Valley--Bridalveil Fall, dated paintings |
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