Date: | probably undated |
Medium: | oil on canvas |
Size: | 20 x 36 in (51 x 91.5 cm) (see Note) |
Inscription: | said to be l/r "F Schafer" (not visible in photograph) |
Verso: | said to be titled |
Provenance: | Sold 18 September 1987 for $660 by Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, as lot 2900 in sale 3824P/P16. |
Reproductions: | Butterfield & Butterfield 18 September 1987 sale catalog. |
Description: | A path leads to a chalet in the lower right dark triangle surrounded by trees. In the background, a rounded rock mountain drops into a lake at the left edge. There are two boulders in the foreground at the lake edge (one with a dead branch atop), and several trees surrounding the chalet. The sky is cloudy. (From a monochrome photograph in the sale catalog.) |
Note: | In a (probably accidental) break with its usual practice, the sale catalog reports the size only as "51 x 91.5", without specifying units. Interpreting the size in inches would make this the largest Schafer painting reported, while interpreting the size in centimeters yields a common Schafer canvas size, so it seems safe to assume the reported dimension is metric. |
In index(es): | Title list, cabins, farmhouses, and similar structures, foreign scenes |