Base of the Mountains

NBI ID: 1127.I
Title: Base of the Mountains
Medium: ink
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 1/8
Signature: signed "Blakelock", lower right
Current Owner: Private Collection
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Date: ca. 1869-72
Provenance: Artist; by inheritance to his wife, Cora Rebecca Bailey Blakelock [d. 1950]; by inheritance to her son, Allen O. Blakelock; by gift to his son, David [d.1976] and daughter-in-law, Susielies Blakelock
Published: "Ralph Albert Blakelock N.A. 1847-1919: Drawings", Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, from April 15, 1991 exhibition catalog, p. 5
Exhibited: "Ralph Albert Blakelock N.A., 1847-1919," Vose, Boston, 1982
Subject Description: One of various drawings sketched by the artist during his two trips to the west coast in his early years. The drawings were cut from a large sketch book and distributed among his wife and children. The original book contained six to eight drawings per page and, usually, only the bottom right drawing was signed.
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