After Sundown

NBI ID: 219.I
Title: After Sundown
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 27 1/8 x 37 1/2
Signature: signed "R.A. Blakelock", lower left
Current Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art
URL of Owner: http://hermes.andover.edu/addison/
CityState: Andover, MA
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Provenance: Artist; Henry W. Watrous; Artist, 1897; father of R.A. Crowles, New York; R.A. Cowles; Macbeth, 1928; Thomas Cochran, 1928; anonymous gift to Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 1928
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Exhibited: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1993, 1947; Baltimore Museum, 1934; Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Conn., 1934; Santa Barbara, 1969; San Francisco, 1969; Phoenix, 1969; Huntington, 1969
Subject Description: Horizon at bottom quarter of canvas, lake in foreground, four trees spread against the sky left to right, opening at left center.
Condition: Generally good.
Infra-red: Shows alterations in paint film in foliage areas.
UltraViolet: Shows considerable number of repaint areas in foliage, foreground, rocks and sky.
Color: Exceptional color in the concentration of intense red-gold sunset color at horizon with reflection in foreground water. Sky pale clear blue with thin scattered clouds.
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