| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | said to be l/r "F Schafer" (not visible in photograph) |
| Provenance: | Sold 18 September 1987 for $660 by Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, as lot 2898 in sale 3824P/P16. |
| Reproductions: | Butterfield & Butterfield 18 September 1987 sale catalog. |
| Description: | The indistinct silhouette of a sharply peaked mountain in the distance with several notable bumps on its right flank (perhaps Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California) stands above a valley with a stream that runs from the center of the painting out toward the front. On the left bank are brush and trees that fill the left side of the painting and are topped with a bent-over dead tree. There are snags lying on both banks of the stream; the one on the left points to the right, with the line continued by the slope on the right. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
| Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, as found in the 1987 sale catalog. |
| In index(es): | Title list, unidentified mountain scenes |
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