| Date: | 1905 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 22 x 34 in (56 x 86 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "Fred'k Schafer / 1905", name underlined and the letter "a" with an indistinct acute accent. |
| Verso: | none |
| Provenance: | "From a San Francisco Bay area estate"; offered 21 February 2014 via eBay by "dalliemag", Galt, California. |
| Citations: | eBay 21 February 2014, item #281266732047 |
| Attribution: | See discussion of [Still life with watermelon and banana]. |
| Description: | An outdoor still life with fruit, consisting of a basket overflowing with cherries, a knife in a watermelon that has been sliced open, several apples, a peach that has been sliced in half, plums, and three bananas. One of the bananas has been partly peeled. |
| Note: | (1) What is reported above as an apostrophe in the signature is not in a usual position; it may be intended to be an additional letter. (2) This painting is one of a series of at least three similar still lifes, all probably executed circa 1905. For comparison, see [Still life with fruit] and [Still life with watermelon and banana]. |
| Identification: | Assigned, descriptive title. |
| In index(es): | Title list, unusual subjects--still life, cityscapes, dated paintings |
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