| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) but see Identification |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer" |
| Verso: | said to be titled |
| Provenance: | Offered in 1971 by Garzoli Gallery, San Francisco. Offered 25 May 1982 by Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, as lot 208 in sale 3205A (not sold). |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #7 (color, 1971) |
| Citations: | Butterfield & Butterfield 25 May 1982 sale catalog; William K. Dick notes page 73. |
| Description: | A dramatically shaded view of a forest along a stream that covers the entire canvas, leaving no sky or horizon. Sun lightens a bright yellow-green clearing in the center, in contrast with completely surrounding dark green and brown tones. Boulders along the stream and a log at right are part of a pervasive clutter of the forest floor. (From a color photograph.) |
| Identification: | The Early California and Western Art Research index identifies the slide with both the 1971 Garzoli offering and the 25 May 1982 sale, reporting the size as 36 x 20 in. William K. Dick's notes describe the same painting, seen at Garzoli in 1970, and also reports the size as 36 x 20 in. The only available image is cropped, so it does not help in resolving this difference. |
| Other title(s): | Ross Valley Creek (1982 sale catalog.) |
| In index(es): | Title list, Barbizon-style forest interiors, mountain streams through a forest |
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