The Spirit of the Night

NBI ID: 212.I
Title: The Spirit of the Night
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 x 20 1/2
Signature: "R.A. Blakelock" lower left
Current Owner: Hilson Gallery, Deerfield Academy
URL of Owner: http://www.deerfield.edu/about/
CityState: Deerfield, MA
Date: 
Provenance: Mrs. Arthur D. Potter, Greenfield, Mass.; Hilson Gallery; Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts
Published: The Enigma of Ralph Albert Blakelock,' Cat. No. 58, Repr. P. 60
Exhibited: Santa Barbara, 1969
Subject Description: Large tree left foreground, with two trees placed in a receding perspective right and right center. Pool in right foreground.
Condition: Canvas mounted on masonite with cradling strips. Bitumen crackle in darks. Signature appears very bright and on the surface. Note that the arrowhead lies across the crackle/
Infra-red: Nothing of significance.
UltraViolet: Shows extensive inpainting of crackle in dark areas.
Color: 
X-ray: Very thin ground.
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