| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 14 x 24 in (36 x 61 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F Schafer.", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, underlined |
| Verso: | said to have been "On the Coast" before lining |
| Provenance: | Sold November 1971 by Accents Upstairs Gallery, Sonoma, California, to private collection, San Francisco; offered in 1989 by Garzoli Gallery, San Rafael, California. Offered in 1998 by John Pence Gallery, San Francisco. Sold 12 June 2010 for $1900 (hammer) by Golden Gate Auction Gallery, San Francisco. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #78 (color, 1973) |
| Description: | A steep, dark oceanside cliff stands at the left with nearby lighter rocks; cliffs continue far into the distance along the ocean under a stormy sky filled with both dark and light clouds. The greenish-blue sea surges in white breakers at the right. Some distance away a large, grey sailboat leans against the wind; on the horizon are a white sailboat and a steamer with a long smoke plume along with a white rock that resembles another sailboat. To the left there are many seagulls aloft, white against the dark cliffs and dark against the lighter sky. A brown log (possibly with a cross-spar that might indicate that it is a ship's mast) washes in the white surf against the rocks. (From the painting, 9 December 1989 and 21 July 1998.) |
| Identification: | The 1973 and 1998 photographs are of the same painting seen at the Garzoli Gallery in 1989. |
| Other title(s): | Point Bonita (Garzoli Gallery and John Pence Gallery title) |
| In index(es): | Title list, coastal and marine scenes |
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