Date: | undated |
Medium: | oil on canvas |
Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
Inscription: | Signed l/r "F. Schafer." in the artist's characteristic block-printing hand. |
Verso: | None reported; back is covered with kraft paper. |
Provenance: | Sold 6 April 2024 for $1188 by Vogt Auction Galleries, San Antonio, Texas, as lot 108 in "Texas and Western Art" sale. See also note. |
Reproductions: | Vogt Auction Galleries 2024 sale catalog. |
Site: | Unidentified, despite title. Schafer usually depicted Lake Tahoe scenes with conifers, not broad-leaf trees, and water lilies are not native to Lake Tahoe. |
Note: | The 2024 sale was accompanied by a 2006, 23-page insurance appraisal for owner "Mansfield", who is said to have acquired the painting by descent in 1984. Two pages of the appraisal appeared in the auction catalog (see images). |
Identification: | Assigned title of unknown origin, as appearing in the 2024 auction catalog. |
In index(es): | Title list, lake cove scenes, pastoral and rural scenes |