"That's far enough..."

Name: Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980)
Brand: "That's far enough..."
Price: 7000.00 USD
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Price Realised USD 8,750

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Closed: 22 May 2018

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Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980)

"That's far enough..."

Price Realised USD 8,750

Closed: 22 May 2018

Price Realised USD 8,750

Closed: 22 May 2018

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Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980)
"That's far enough..."
signed 'Mead Schaeffer' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 42 in. (38.1 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1953.

Illustration House, New York, 4 November 2000, lot 161.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

L. Kaye, "Forbidden Oasis," The Saturday Evening Post, February 28, 1953, pp. 32-33, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work was published as an illustration for Louis Kaye’s short story “Forbidden Oasis" in the February 28, 1953 issue of . The story takes place in the Australian outback, following the struggles of a stockman named Chuck and the native tribe he swore to protect in exchange for land on which to settle his livestock. The present scene depicts a confrontation between Chuck and an aspiring stockman named Frazier, and is captioned, "'That's far enough' Chuck called. 'Turn there.' Frazier hesitated for a moment, then fired from the hip."