An Overgrown Mineshaft

Johann Friedrich Lahmann, Dresden (until d. 1937; his estate sale, Lepke's, Berlin, April 27–29, 1938, no. 37, as "Gartenhaus im Grünen," sold for RM 100); E. H. Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt (by 1968–d. 1975); his heirs (1975–77; to Foundation); Georg Schäfer Foundation, Schweinfurt (1977–2000; its sale, Christie's, Düsseldorf, January 31, 2000, no. 72, to Thaw); Eugene Victor Thaw, Santa Fe (2000–2007)

Alten Rathaus Schweinfurt. "Carl Gustav Carus und die zeitgenössische Dresdner Landschaftsmalerei: Gemälde aus der Sammlung Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt," October 14–25, 1970, no. 7 (as "Felsenkeller im Grünen").

New York. Pierpont Morgan Library. "The Thaw Collection: Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, Acquisitions Since 1994," September 27, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 86.

Gerda Grashoff. Carus als Maler. PhD diss., University of Münster. Lippstadt, 1926, p. 48 [see Ref. Prause 1968].

Marianne Prause. Carl Gustav Carus, Leben und Werk. Berlin, 1968, pp. 138, 178, 182–83, no. 230, ill., calls it "Felsenkeller im Grünen" and dates it about 1824.

Konrad Kaiser. Carl Gustav Carus und die zeitgenössische Dresdner Landschaftsmalerei: Gemälde aus der Sammlung Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt. Exh. cat., Alten Rathaus Schweinfurt. Schweinfurt, 1970, pp. 17, 31, no. 7, colorpl. 7.

Dr. Papendorf. "Carl Gustav Carus und die zeitgenössische Landschaftsmalerei." Weltkunst 40 (December 15, 1970), p. 1640.

"Georg Schäfer's Vision." Christie's Magazine 17 (January–February 2000), ill. p. 71 (color).

Dr. Rhoda Eitel-Porter in The Thaw Collection: Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, Acquisitions Since 1994. Exh. cat., Pierpont Morgan Library. New York, 2002, pp. 188–89, no. 86, ill. (color), calls it "An Overgrown Shaft"; notes the influence of Johan Christian Dahl in this picture's "small format and unassuming subject matter"; discusses it in the context of the artist's concept of "earth-life image" ("Erdlebenbild").

Sabine Rewald in Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800–1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2007, pp. 16, 217, no. 14, ill. (color and black and white).

Esther Bell. "Catalogue Raisonné of the Thaw Collection." Studying Nature: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection. Ed. Jennifer Tonkovich. New York, 2011, p. 107, no. 17, ill. (color), calls it "An Overgrown Mineshaft" and dates it about 1824.