| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 29 x 50 in (74 x 127 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l, "F Schafer", underlined, in the artist's block-letter hand |
| Verso: | u/l, "$225.00 Summer Evening on / the Upper Russian River Cala", in Schafer's script hand. The "$225.00" overlaps the first word of the title, suggesting that it was added later. |
| Provenance: | To private collection, Denver, Colorado "around 1891"; by descent to private collection, Orlando, Florida, in 1969; by descent to private collection, Florida; with A-1 Auctions, Maitland, Florida, 25 January 2004. With Christopher Queen Galleries, Duncans Mills, California, in 2004; sold July 2004. |
| Reproductions: | Dealer's photographs (color); William K. Dick photo #168 (color, undated) |
| Description: | A brown mountain is seen beyond a river valley that runs from the center to the right front. The left wall of the valley is a steep, forested hillside; the right wall is also forested but somewhat gentler in slope. The river has made a deep cut in the far bank on the right. (From the color photograph.) |
| Legend: | The Denver, Colorado, owner is said to have met Schafer in person and acquired this painting, along with six others by the artist, on a honeymoon trip to California around 1891. |
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