| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F. Schafer", underlined, in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Provenance: | Sold April 2013 by Stillwell House Antiques, Manalapan, New Jersey, inventory #AT000119, to The Gallery at Twin Lakes, Mammoth Lakes, California. |
| Reproductions: | Stillwell House Antiques on-line catalog (color). |
| Site: | A view looking East up Yosemite Valley, California, from high on the South side, near Artist's point along the Madera road. |
| Note: | (1) This is one of several Schafer paintings of Yosemite Valley in which the tall foreground conifers are clustered in pairs or threes. Other examples are the small watercolor [Three hikers entering Yosemite Valley], oils The Yosemity Valley - California [5], [The Yosemite Valley 13] (1881), The Yosemite Valley from Artist's Point, California [4], and the mural The Yosemite Valley (mural) (1895). |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title based on similarity to several other paintings titled in the artist's hand. |
| Other title(s): | Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Fall (Stillwell House Antiques online catalog) |
| In index(es): | Title list, Yosemite Valley--classic view |
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