Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
Size: | 30 x 25 in (76 x 64 cm) |
Inscription: | l/l "F. Schafer" in an unknown hand |
Provenance: | With Hewlett's Antique Auctions, Le Grand, California, 21 November 2004. With Clar's Auction Gallery, Oakland, California, 12 September 2004. With Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc., Alameda, California, 3 December 2007. With Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc., Alameda, California, 3 February 2008. |
Reproductions: | 12 September 2004 on-line sale catalog, lot 6313; 21 November 2004 sale catalog; 2 December 2007 on-line sale catalog, lot 1072; 3 February 2008 on-line sale catalog, lot 2379 |
Attribution: | The palette is unfamiliar, the painting is unusually stylized, and the signature is very rounded. The 12 September 2004 Clar's Auction Gallery catalog uses the words "bears signature F. Schafer". |
Site: | Mount Shasta from a position where Shastina is barely visible, or perhaps Mount Hood. |
Identification: | Descriptive title as found in the auction catalogs. The catalogs of all four sales have reproductions that appear to be of the same painting. |