| Date: | 1884 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 22.5 x 36 in (57.1 x 91.4 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer/84", fraktur hand, underlined |
| Verso: | said to be no inscription |
| Provenance: | To private collection, San Francisco by 1971; with Carlson Gallery, San Francisco, in 1983; to collection of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. With Maxwell Galleries, Ltd., San Francisco, 1987. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #21 (color, 1971); Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #84 (color, 1987) |
| Site: | Lassen Peak, California, before the 1914/1915 eruptions. |
| Description: | A hazy, flat-topped, snow-covered peak stands high in the center with two low ranges before it, against a light blue sky with wisps of pink clouds. A low, snow-capped peak stands at the right edge on the horizon. To the left, nearby, is a grove of trees; the sun, off the canvas to the left, strikes the tops of the trees. In the center is a small, flat, valley floor, with two wisps of smoke rising from unseen campfires at the edge of the forest beyond. To the right there are several nearby trees and a rock wall climbs steeply above a small stream. A snag lies on the left of stream, near a rock; there is much clutter on that bank. (From a color photograph.) |
| Note: | The composition is virtually identical to Lassen Peak, Sierra Nevada. |
| Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, as found in the Early California and Western Art Research index. The 1971 and 1987 photographs are of the same painting. |
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