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Premier Auction - Session II - September 16, 2023

Sat, Sep 16, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1056

Ralph Albert Blakelock

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(American, 1847-1919)

Tenting on the Old Campground, signed lower left "Blakelock", oil on canvas, 10-1/2 x 16-3/4 in.; reproduction carved gilt wood and composition frame, 16-1/2 x 22-3/4 in.

Provenance: Steven Straw & Company, Newburyport, Massachusetts (label verso; R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois (label verso); Private Collection, Atlanta, Georgia

Note: This item has been categorized by the University of Nebraska Blakelock Inventory as the work of the artist, category II.  It is labeled verso "NBI-1985-II".  A letter dated 2006 from Norman Geske discussing the uniqueness of the domestic campground motif, signature, and inclusion in the Blakelock Inventory is included with this lot.

Condition

wax lined, small areas of retouch; frame with some wear

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Steven Straw & Company, Newburyport, Massachusetts (label verso; R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois (label verso); Private Collection, Atlanta, Georgia