Heavy Woods, Moonlight

NBI ID: 157.I
Title: Heavy Woods, Moonlight
Medium: oil on paper
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 3/4
Signature: "R.A. Blakelock" lower left
Current Owner: Sheldon Museum of Art
URL of Owner: http://www.sheldonartgallery.org/
CityState: Lincoln, NE
Date: 
Provenance: Artist; M. Knoedler & Co.; A. P. Howard; * * * *; Charles D. Childs; Babcock Galleries; Mrs. Olga N. Sheldon; University of Nebraska Collection, gift of Mrs. Sheldon, 1973
Published: Nineteenth Century American Landscapes,' Nebraska Art Association, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Nebraska Public Library Commission, 1968, Cat. No. 16, Repr.
Exhibited: "Nineteenth Century American Landscapes," Lexington Public Library, NE; Lower Sandhills Regional Library, Mullen, NE. 1978; "Ralph Albert Blakelock 1847-1919," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1975; US Embassy Bern, Switzerland, 1989-1993 (?)
Subject Description: Horizon at bottom third of panel. A stream flows out of center middle distance to center foreground. Tall trees screen the sky entirely across the picture. A full moon at upper center, partially obscured by tree branch. The signature appears to have been put in with a lighter color than the foreground tone with some sgraffito effect.
Condition: Generally good.
Infra-red: Nothing of significance.
UltraViolet: Nothing of significance.
Color: 
X-ray: Reveals built-up ground coat under moon and lighted path in water, also some of the touches in the sky.
Additional Examination Notes: