Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
Size: | 30 x 25 in (76 x 64 cm) |
Inscription: | l/l "F. Schafer" in an unknown hand |
Provenance: | Offered 12 September 2004 by Clar's Auction Gallery, Oakland, California, as lot 6313 (not sold). Sold 21 November 2004 for $2600 by Hewlett's Antique Auctions, Le Grand, California. Offered 3 December 2007 by Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc., Alameda, California as lot 1072 (not sold). Sold 3 February 2008 for $880+25% by Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc., Alameda, California, as lot 2379. |
Reproductions: | Clar's Auction Gallery 12 September 2004 sale catalog; Hewlett's Antique Auctions 21 November 2004 sale catalog; Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc. 2 December 2007 sale catalog; Michaan's Auctions by the Bay, Inc. 3 February 2008 sale catalog. |
Attribution: | The palette is unfamiliar, the painting is unusually stylized, and the signature is very rounded. The 12 September 2004 Clar's Auction Gallery catalog uses the words "bears signature F. Schafer". |
Site: | Mount Shasta from a position where Shastina is barely visible, or perhaps Mount Hood. |
Identification: | Descriptive title as found in the auction catalogs. The catalogs of all four sales have reproductions that appear to be of the same painting. |
In index(es): | questioned attributions |