The Sun Serene Sinks Into the Slumberous Sea

NBI ID: 224.I
Title: The Sun Serene Sinks Into the Slumberous Sea
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 24 1/8
Signature: "R.A. Blakelock" lower left
Current Owner: Springfield Museum of Fine Arts
URL of Owner: http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/museums/mfa/
CityState: Springfield, MA
Date: 
Provenance: F. S Gibbs, 1902; H. Wood Sullivan, Brooklyn; Sale, AAA, April 3, 1914; Horace P. Wright, 1914; bequeathed to Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1946
Published: 
Exhibited: Lotus Club, New York, 1902; Whitney, 1947; Santa Barbara, 1969; Phoenix, 1969; San Francisco, 1969; Heckscher, 1969
Subject Description: A view of the sea. The mass water is flat and unbroken. Above the horizon at center, the sun sets a pattern of drifting clouds.
Condition: See conservation report by R. D. Buck, February 1947. It was noted that the repaints have now lost their gloss (in depth and in file).
Infra-red: Nothing of significance.
UltraViolet: Reveals the extent of the repairs and retouches.
Color: The sun and its reflection on clouds and sea a brilliant yellow. The sky and water a steely gray-green.
X-ray: The under coat appears to match the design - water surface, sun and clouds.
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