Medium: | oil on canvas |
Size: | 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm) |
Inscription: | l/l "F Schafer" in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand, in brown. |
Verso: | on canvas, l/c "Ev. on Donner Lake / Sierra Nevada Mts. California." in the artist's characteristic hand in black brush. On stretcher bars "19025" in pencil. |
Provenance: | To private collection, San Francisco, 1909; by descent in the family in 1964 and again in 2005 to private collection, San Mateo, California. |
Citations: | Personal communication with the owner, 2006. |
Site: | Not identified, presumably a view of Donner Lake, near Lake Tahoe. |
Note: | The meaning of the verso inscription "19025" pencilled on the stretcher bars is unknown. Possibly it is related to the date the painting was sold or framed. |
Legend: | The painting is said to have been a wedding gift in 1909. |
Identification: | Title from verso title inscription. |
In index(es): | Title list, Indian encampments as incidental subjects, lake cove scenes, Lake Tahoe and environs |