| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F Schafer", in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, underlined |
| Provenance: | In collection of Audrey and Norman Davies, Torrance, California, by 1992 |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #112 (color, 1992) |
| Description: | Tall conifers line both sides of a forest path. A rider wearing a white shirt and a red vest, on a brown horse, emerges from the forest. The sky is a deep blue with red clouds of sunset (or perhaps sunrise) on the horizon, and another, higher, band of white clouds with pink edges. The nearest tree has been scarred by a fire; immediately behind it a tree that was bent over in its youth now curves skyward. Wildflowers dot the foreground. (From a color photograph.) |
| Note: | See the list of forest path scenes for several other works of similar composition. |
| Identification: | Title of unknown origin, as found in the Early California and Western Art Research index. |
| In index(es): | Title list, forest path scenes, sunset scenes |
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