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Painting record FFSd1164

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[photo] The Cliff House, San Francisco

Date: none reported
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 50 in (76 x 127 cm)
Inscription: signed l/r "FSchafer", initials conjoined in a monogram, in the artist's characteristic block-letter hand. There may be some additional letters following the signature.
Verso: Said to be "The Cliff House, San Francisco".
Provenance: In collection of Milo Arnett Baker (1868-1953) and Jean Mabry Baker (1872-1943), Los Angeles, California by 1939; sold ca 1939 to collection of Salvador Garcia Morales, Sr (1903–1969) and Amalia Lia Romero Morales (1902–1963); by descent in the family by 1969 to private collection, Los Angeles, California. (See Note on Sunrise on Merced River for further provenance discussion).
Identification: Title from reported inscription.
In index(es): Title list, coastal and marine scenes, moonlight nocturnes and other scenes showing the moon

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