| Medium: | oil on canvasboard |
| Size: | 5.5 x 7.25 in (14 x 18 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer" in black, second "F" capitalized, in a rounded hand often found on sketches. |
| Verso: | No inscriptions; identifying paper label and taped clipping of artist bio. |
| Provenance: | In the collection of Edan Milton Hughes (1935–2015), San Francisco, by 1992, inventory #981; to his estate on his passing, 21 April 2015; sold 22 March 2020 for $384 by Clar's Auction Gallery, Oakland, California, as lot 7126 in sale 620. |
| Description: | A very dark painting except for the sky, which is bright with an orange patch near the horizon. Three birch tree trunks stand on the left, a house (or tent) and standing pole or snag on the right. Two white gulls or terns with black-tipped wings fly across a brownish foreground. Very loosely brushed. (From the painting, 3 July 1992.) |
| Note: | In fall, 1999, an image of this painting was posted on the World-Wide Web site that displays the collection of Edan Milton Hughes (1935–2015). It was simultaneously offered for sale by california-art.com. |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title as found in Clar's Auction Gallery sale catalog. |
| Other title(s): | [Landscape] (collection of Edan Milton Hughes (1935–2015) inventory) |
| In index(es): | Title list, paintings not otherwise indexed by content, sketches |
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