Lot 154
  • 154

Frederick Ferdinand Schafer

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Frederick Ferdinand Schafer
  • Yosemite Valley, California from Artist's Point
  • bears false signature T. Hill, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 42 by 70 in.
  • (106.7 by 177.8 cm.)

Provenance

Private Collection, Michigan (as of circa 1930)
Richard York Gallery, New York

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition, generally; craquelure throughout UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: craquelure fill-in scattered throughout light areas (sky)
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Catalogue Note

Two letters which discuss the authorship of the present work at length are available with the lot, each addressed to Richard York.  The first, dated July 11, 1993, is from Professor Jerome H. Saltzer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the second, dated July 14, 1993, is from Alfred C. Harrison, Jr. of the North Point Gallery, San Francisco.