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PROPERTY OF THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK (1845-1919)
The Setting Sun
Details
RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK (1845-1919)
The Setting Sun
signed indistinctly 'R.A. Blakelock' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 x 32 in. (45.7 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1890s.
The Setting Sun
signed indistinctly 'R.A. Blakelock' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 x 32 in. (45.7 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1890s.
Provenance
The artist.
Colonel William P. Roome, New York, acquired from the above, by 1899.
Frederick S. Gibbs, New York, by 1901.
Thomas R. Ball, New York, 1903.
American Art Association, New York, 14 March 1919, lot 142, sold by the above.
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, 1919.
Arthur J. Secor, Toledo, Ohio.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1922.
Colonel William P. Roome, New York, acquired from the above, by 1899.
Frederick S. Gibbs, New York, by 1901.
Thomas R. Ball, New York, 1903.
American Art Association, New York, 14 March 1919, lot 142, sold by the above.
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, 1919.
Arthur J. Secor, Toledo, Ohio.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1922.
Literature
American Art Annual, vol. XX, 1923, p. 70.
S.E. Strickler, The Toledo Museum of Art: American Paintings, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, pp. 25, 153, pl. 71, illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, Ralph Albert Blakelock, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1996, p. 106.
S.E. Strickler, The Toledo Museum of Art: American Paintings, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, pp. 25, 153, pl. 71, illustrated.
A.A. Davidson, Ralph Albert Blakelock, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1996, p. 106.
Exhibited
New York, Lotos Club, Exhibition of Paintings by Ralph Albert Blakelock in the Collection of Hon. Frederick S. Gibbs, 1902, p. 5, no. 18 (as "Like some high Spirit summoned from our sight...").
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Ralph Albert Blakelock Centenary Exhibition, April 22-May 29, 1947, no. 22.
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, The Unseen Art of TMA: What's in the Vaults and Why?, September 12, 2004-January 2, 2005.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Ralph Albert Blakelock Centenary Exhibition, April 22-May 29, 1947, no. 22.
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, The Unseen Art of TMA: What's in the Vaults and Why?, September 12, 2004-January 2, 2005.
Further details
This painting is listed as NBI-704 in the University of Nebraska's inventory of Ralph Albert Blakelock's works.
Brought to you by
Quincie Dixon
Associate Specialist, Head of Sale