The Three Trees (Evening on the Sound; Moonlight on Long Island Sound)

NBI ID: 601.I
Title: The Three Trees (Evening on the Sound; Moonlight on Long Island Sound)
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 x 30
Signature: inscribed on back of canvas
Current Owner: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
URL of Owner: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/
CityState: Washington, DC
Date: ca. 1885
Provenance: Artist; Henry W. Watrous, New York; William T. Evans; American Art Association, New York, Sale, February 1, 1900, Evans Collection, no. 110 (as Evening on the Sound); Catholina Labert, Paterson, NY; Mrs. H.R. Lambert, Paterson, NJ; American Art Association, New York, Sale, January 28, 1916, Andrews-Ives-Canfield Collection, no 120; G.T. Otto Bernet, NY; Walter Jennings, NY; Mrs. Henry C. Taylor, NY; Florence Lewison Gallery, New York, NY, 1962; Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, July 30, 1962-May 17, 1966
Published: "Andrews-Ives-Canfield Sale," American Art News, 14, February 5, 1916, p. 3.; Goodrich, Lloyd. Ralph Albert Blakelock, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1947, p. 53.; "Art," Time Magazine, 49, May 2, 1947, ill. P. 61." Young, Vernon. "Out of Deepening Shadows," The Art of Ralph Albert Blakelock," Arts, 32, October 1957, p. 25, ill. p. 24; Faunce, Sara C. "Reviews and Previews: Blakelock," Art News, 61, Summer 1962, p. 49; Geske Norman A. Ralph A. Blakelock: A Re-evaluation and Catalogue of His Works, Lincoln, University of Nebraska; Lerner, Abram, et al. The Hirsh horn Museum and Sculpture Garden, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1974, p. 666.
Exhibited: Lotos Club, New York, December 1900, "Paintings by Ralph A. Blakelock", no. 2; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 10-May 5, 1962, "Paintings by Ralph Albert Blakelock Centenary Exhibition", no. 29, ill. p. 30; Florence Lewison Gallery, New York, April 10-May 5, 1962, "Paintings by Ralph Albert Blakelock and Some of His Contemporaries", cat.; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, January 14-February 9, 1975, "Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847-1919)", cat. no. 64; toured to New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, May 4 - June 1, 1975; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, IL, July 29-September 30, 1980, "Treasures from the Hirsh horn: American Paintings 1880-1930", no. 1, ill.; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, IL, December 20-February 28, 1981 (extended through March 15), "A Mirror of Creation: 50 Years of American Nature Painting", no. 22.
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Additional Examination Notes: Inscribed on back of canvas: "Sold to H. W. Watrous, NO. 16 R.A. Blakelock"