| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 28 x 20 in (71 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand (first letter indistinct in the photograph, may be FS conjoined in a monogram) |
| Verso: | said to be "San Lorenzo Creek" |
| Provenance: | Offered in 1971 by Hunter Gallery, San Francisco. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #118 (color, 1971) |
| Site: | San Lorenzo Creek is a small stream located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Felton, California. It is now known as the San Lorenzo River. |
| Description: | A dark stream emerges from the forest near the lower center and flows past a bright boulder on the left to the right front corner. Above the boulder a conifer reaches high into the sky at the edge of a dense forest; a similar tall tree is seen on the other bank. Below the trees on both sides of the stream is a tangle of underbrush. Flowers grow along the foreground left bank. The sky is light blue at the top, where a few clouds appear; it becomes whitish and hazy near the horizon. (From a color photograph.) |
| In index(es): | Title list, mountain streams through a forest, Santa Cruz mountains, California |
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