The Lagoon

NBI ID: 468.I
Title: The Lagoon
Medium: oil on panel
Dimensions: 8 x 5 3/4
Signature: "R.A. Blakelock" lower right also inscribed, signed and dated 1896 verso
Current Owner: Sotheby/Parke-Bernet
URL of Owner: http://www.sothebys.com/
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Date: listed in the Knoedler photo library as of ca. 1915-16
Provenance: Kennedy; MAE; Fenn (?)
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Exhibited: Knoedler, 1973
Subject Description: It is difficult, if not impossible, to discern the subject of this work as indicated by its note. Something liking the characteristic of foliage forms of the artist is suggested at the top of the panel. Otherwise it would seem to be a color improvisation with palette knife and broadly handled pigment.
Condition: Some typical crackling, not bitumen evident, no visible restoration.
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