Carnations and Zinnias

NBI ID: 241.I
Title: Carnations and Zinnias
Medium: oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 7 3/4
Signature: "R.A. Blakelock" lower right
Current Owner: Private Collection
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Provenance: Artist; D. H. McMahon; Kennedy Galleries; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Heinz III
Published: Born, Wolfgang. Still Life Painting in America, 1947, No. 102 Parke-Bernet Sale 1551, G. B. Wilson, etc., November 19, 1954, NO. 46; The Enigma of Ralph Albert Blakelock, Catalogue No. 89, Sheldon 1973
Exhibited: Santa Barbara, 1969; San Francisco, 1969; Phoenix, 1969; Sheldon 1973
Subject Description: A clear glass vase or bottle holding a bouquet of mixed flowers. The identification of carnations is plausible, zinnias (?). The bouquet is placed against a dark background with a strong light from the left reflecting on and through the glass to the right side.
Condition: Generally good.
Infra-red: Nothing of significance.
UltraViolet: Nothing of significance.
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X-ray: Thin coat of ground color applied in a vertical pattern.
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