Woods at Sunset

NBI ID: 28.I
Title: Woods at Sunset
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 24
Signature: lower right "Blakelock" in arrowhead
Current Owner: Montclair Art Museum
URL of Owner: http://www.montclairartmuseum.org/
CityState: Montclair, NJ
Date: 
Provenance: Artist; W.T. Evans, by 1902; bequeathed to Montclair Art Museum, 1915
Published: The Bulletin of the Montclair Art Museum, Nov. 1930, cover, p. 2; Montclair in Manhattan, The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, N.Y. Nov. 7-25, 1961, p. 22.
Exhibited: Newark Museum, Newark, N.J. 1930; "Authentic and Fake", May 1-20, 1967, Graham Gallery, N.Y., 1967
Subject Description: Woods interior, view of distant sky at center framed by trees with very heavy trunks and what appears to be a mound or large rock at right center.
Condition: Good. oil on canvas apparently unlined; glassine paper adhered to surface. 1969
Infra-red: Sharpens tonal contrast
UltraViolet: very heavy varnish coat
Color: 
X-ray: No findings. Thin, irregular ground coat. Painted sky over trees; Underpaint Generally heavy sky over trees
Additional Examination Notes: The elements of style, technique and condition revealed in the present examination do not justify any final conclusion with regard to authenticity. It remains now to compare these findings with those derived from the examination of a maximum number of other examples, and secondly, to investigate as thoroughly as possible the painting's history of ownership.