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Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

Painting record FFSd0987

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[photo] [Alpine lake]

Medium: oil on canvas, lined
Size: 22 x 36 in (56 x 91 cm)
Inscription: l/l "F Schafer" in orange, in the artist's characteristic block letter hand
Provenance: Offered 6 July 2014 (not sold) by Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc., Alameda, California, as lot 442 in Estate Auction; sold 5 October 2014 for $850+23% by Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc., Alameda, California as lot 467 in Estate Auction.
Reproductions: Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc. July 6 2014 and October 5, 2014 sale catalogs.
Note: Though there is no evidence that the title is authoritiative, both the architecture of the hut at the right and the dress of the woman descending toward the lake suggest that this is an Alpine scene.
Identification: Assigned descriptive title of unknown origin.
In index(es): Title list, cabins, farmhouses, and similar structures, foreign scenes, pastoral and rural scenes

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