| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 44 in (76 x 112 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "F.Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand |
| Verso: | said to be "Morning on Mt. Shasta, 14,400 feet high From Shasta Lake, Cala" |
| Provenance: | In private collection, Denver "around 1891"; by descent to private collection, Denver, in 1969, and again to private collection, Florida, by 2004. Sold 1 May 2012 for $5250 by Bonhams, San Francisco, as lot 2 in sale 19976. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #7 (color, 1972); Bonhams 1 May 2012 sale catalog, Alameda Free Library Clipping File photo (color, c. 1969). |
| Site: | Mount Shasta, viewed from the South, with Shastina on the left. |
| Description: | Two brightly-dressed Indians on horseback ride away from the viewer between two white boulders along a trail to the left of a bright blue river or lake, which enters near the center and fills the right front corner of the painting. In the distance, snow-capped Mount Shasta rises above the haze and clouds against a greyish-blue sky with indistinct clouds. The left lower triangle is crossed by the bright path; the grass in the foreground among the boulders is shadowed in greys and browns. Beyond the path a tree trunk lies across the boulders; at the far left stands a snag, bare, and in the middle distance are two leaning snags. In the background on the left a rocky, brown cliff rises higher than the top of the mountain peak. A dead branch lies across a boulder at the water's edge. The far side of the river, on the right, is heavily forested. The landscape is mostly in shades of brown. (From a color photograph.) |
| Legend: | The Denver, Colorado, owner is said to have met Schafer in person and acquired this painting, along with six others by the artist, on a honeymoon trip to California around 1891. |
| Identification: | Both photographs are of the same Denver collection. The Alameda Library photograph, supplied by the 1969 owner, is labeled "Title unknown". |
| In index(es): | Title list, Mount Shasta and Shastina |
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