Moonlight, Indian Encampment

NBI ID: 85.I
Title: Moonlight, Indian Encampment
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 33 3/4
Signature: "R.A. Blakelock" lower left (in arrowhead)
Current Owner: National Collection of Fine Arts
URL of Owner: http://siarchives.si.edu/findingaids/faru0311.htm
CityState: Washington, DC
Date: 
Provenance: artist; Lew Bloom, 1889; Milch Galleries; John Gallatly, 1928; gift to National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C., 1929
Published: 
Exhibited: Whitney, 1966
Subject Description: Horizon a little below mid-point of canvas. Artist's view is from an elevated position looking down and across the lake, with flat ground on the opposite bank, wooded hills beyond. Tall trees right and left framing view. Two teepees, horse, three seated and two standing figures placed under shelter of trees at the right. Two canoes moored at shore in right center foreground. One of the standing figures is placed at the edge of the bank looking across landscape.
Condition: Good. Canvas relined. Some contraction crackle, considerable retouching in sky. Conservation by Herald Cross, 1960; Charles Olin, 1966.
Infra-red: Sharpens detail of trees, modeling of foreground.
UltraViolet: Slight suggestion of moon in center sky.
Color: Foreground and foliage are very dark against the varying planes of blue, green, and white and gold which provide the spatial structure of the picture. The campfire at the right is an accent of red and yellow.
X-ray: Reveals a full moon which was apparently painted out.
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