| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F.Schafer." in red, in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Verso: | l/c "Point Bonita / near San Francisco Cala" in black brush, in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand. Upside down on the upper stretcher bar in black marking pen "368". On each stretcher bar a stamp "Patented Sept. 1884, / THAYER & CHANDLER, / CHICAGO." |
| Provenance: | In private collection, Salt Lake City by 1942; by descent in the family in 1956 and again in 2002; sold 22 February 2015 for $4250 + 20% by Clar's Auction Gallery, Oakland, California, as lot 2198 in "Fine Art and Antique Auction". |
| Reproductions: | Clar's Auction Gallery 22 February 2015 sale catalog, lot 2198 |
| Citations: | Personal communication with the owner, 2014 |
| Site: | Point Bonita is the north head of the Golden Gate, the entrance to San Francisco Bay. |
| Note: | In the verso inscription there may be a period following "Cala". |
| Identification: | Title from the artist's verso inscription. |
| In index(es): | Title list, coastal and marine scenes, moonlight nocturnes and other scenes showing the moon, twenty representative works by the artist |
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