| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, underlined |
| Verso: | said to be "On Slate Creek, California" |
| Provenance: | In private collection, Oakland, California. Sold 24 June 1992 for $3300 by Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, as lot 6253 in sale 4907D to Christopher Queen Galleries, Duncans Mills, California, record #652. Offered 31 July 1995 by William A. Karges Fine Art, Los Angeles. |
| Reproductions: | Archives of California Art photo (color); William K. Dick photo #67 (color, 1972); Butterfield & Butterfield 24 June 1992 sale catalog; Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #113 (1992, not seen) |
| Citations: | William K. Dick notes, page 78; Christopher Queen Galleries record 652 |
| Description: | A white-water creek tumbles through the center of the picture with forest on both sides leaning over the stream bed. Bright white sky appears in the center between the trees and the sun brightens a yellow-green patch on the right behind the nearest tree trunks. A fallen log extends from the right into the creek; wildflowers are seen near the creek on the left. (From a color photograph.) |
| Identification: | The Butterfield & Butterfield sale catalog reports the verso title inscription; the Christopher Queen Galleries record reports it but omitting the word On. All of the photographs appear to be of the same painting. |
| Other title(s): | On Sharpe Creek, California (Archives of California Art photo) |
| In index(es): | Title list, Barbizon-style forest interiors, mountain streams through a forest |
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