| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 12 x 18.5 in (30.5 x 47.0 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F. Scháfer", last three letters underlined |
| Verso: | said to be "Utah Scene" |
| Provenance: | Sold circa 1972 by Hunter Gallery, San Francisco, to private collection, San Francisco; offered in 1983 by Carlson Gallery, San Francisco. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #33 (color, 1972) |
| Site: | Unidentified, though the geologic feature is so distinctive that it should be instantly recognizable by anyone familiar with the area. It somewhat resembles Angel's Landing in Zion National Park, Utah. |
| Description: | Three figures on brown horses and wearing white hats stand in a green and yellow meadow in the right middle. Beyond the meadow on the right is a small stand of trees, then a river or lake; rising above the entire scene is a slope to the left and above that dramatic rocky layers of cliffs topped with a pinnacle. In the center and right background a snow-capped mountain ridge stands below a baby blue sky with a few fluffy clouds. In the foreground left is a grassy but shaded clearing with a large boulder and at the left edge a rocky rise. Two tall conifers stand out agains the background cliff, the smaller one aligned directly below the pinnacle. (From a color photograph.) |
| Note: | See also [Utah scene 2], a similar painting of the same scene. |
| In index(es): | Title list, unidentified mountain scenes |
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