| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 29 x 40 in (74 x 102 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, may be underlined (partially covered by frame edge) |
| Provenance: | Offered by William A. Karges Fine Art, Carmel, 1996. Sold 25 May 2021 by John Moran Auctioneers, Inc., Monrovia, California, for $6875 as Lot 72 in sale "Art of the American West". |
| Description: | Two Indians in native garb on horseback stand on a rock promontory overlooking a white-water river; the one on the right is pointing to something in the distance. A snow-capped mountain range stands as a backdrop, under grey cloudy skies with patches of blue on the left. In the left foreground stand two prominent gnarled, intertwined trees on a brightly lit grassy slope. Closer to the viewer are a snag lying across a rock, and three small conifers standing amidst a dense brushy patch of wildflowers. A steep cliff stands on the very left edge in the distance; on the far side of the river are unfinished rocky slopes with patches of forest. Another snag lies across a a boulder at the right front edge, extending out over the river. (From the color photographs.) |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title. |
| Other title(s): | [Native Americans on horseback in a mountain landscape] (John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. sale catalog) |
| In index(es): | Title list, unidentified mountain scenes |
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