Sale 09PT02 | Lot 162

Ralph Albert Blakelock American, 1847-1919 River Landscape

Catalogue: Modern & Contemporary and European & American Art
Ralph Albert Blakelock American, 1847-1919 River Landscape

Lot Details

Lot 162
Ralph Albert Blakelock American, 1847-1919 River Landscape
American, 1847-1919
River Landscape
Signed in arrowhead RA Blakelock (lr); inscribed on the stretcher George A. Hearn/...Sow 14 NY
Oil on canvas
9 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches

University of Nebraska Blakelock Inventory, Category II, no. NBI-2103

Provenance:
George A. Hearn (possibly)
Collection of Bernice Tell, New York since 1989

According to a letter from Blakelock scholar Norman A. Geske dated September 4, 2009, "this is an unusual example of Blakelock's art - compositionally more open, more blue sky than is usual, spatial recession from front plane to horizon more fully developed. The handling of the trees is typical, note the sgraffito in the trunk of the tree at the right. The signature, although nearly illegible, appears right. I suspect that some careful cleaning would brighten the image considerably." We would like to thank Dr. Geske for his kind assistance in cataloguing this work.

Estate of Bernice Tell

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
Sold for $5,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Frame rubbing. May have been restored; uneven dirty varnish layer makes it difficult to distinguish restoration. Moderate cracquelure; possible inpaint in cracquelure in the foliage of the large tree at right. Minor paint loss along canvas overlap.


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Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
Sold for $5,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Modern & Contemporary and European & American Art

Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10am EST
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