| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 10 x 8 in (25 x 20 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F. Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Provenance: | With Jim Finlinson Antiques, Berkeley, May 1971; to private collection, San Francisco, 1971; with Garzoli Gallery, San Francisco, in 1983. With Christopher Queen Galleries, Duncans Mills, California, 13 November 1984; to private collection, 29 December 1987. Sold 17 February 2004 for $2475 by John Moran Auctioneers, Inc., Pasadena, California, as lot 167 in "California and American Fine Art" sale. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #150 (color, 1974); Christopher Queen Galleries photo (color, 1986) 17 February 2004 sale catalog (color, 2004). |
| Citations: | Christopher Queen Galleries record 085 |
| Description: | A forest scene completely fills the canvas with trees; no sky is visible, though the painting is very bright in the center as if a shaft of sunlight has penetrated the forest canopy. Only one tree, with a crooked trunk, on the left, is distinctly drawn with a few individual leaves; the remainder are sketched hazily in the background. In the foreground a stream enters near the center left and exits at the right and front; its left bank is covered with small stones and wildflowers. The trunks of several bushes on the far bank are reflected in mirror-like images in the water, which is very unusual in paintings by this artist. (From a color photograph.) |
| Note: | The 17 Febuary 2004 sale catalog used the alternate title and added the comment, "Sold to benefit the University of Iowa - Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa." |
| Identification: | Descriptive title assigned by Christopher Queen Galleries. |
| Other title(s): | [Wooded river landscape] |
| In index(es): | Title list, Barbizon-style forest interiors, mountain streams through a forest, twenty representative works by the artist |
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