The Grotto
Artist
Ralph Albert Blakelock
(American, 1847-1919)
CultureAmerican
Date1880
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 1/4 × 56 1/4 in. (92.1 × 142.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 45 1/4 × 65 × 3 in. (114.9 × 165.1 × 7.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 45 1/4 × 65 × 3 in. (114.9 × 165.1 × 7.6 cm)
SignedLower right: "R.A. Blakelock"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.620
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 215
Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "The Unknown Blakelock," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, January 26 - August 24, 2008; National Academy of Design, New York, New York, October 2, 2008 - January 4, 2009. "The Western Sublime: Majestic Landscapes of the American West," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, October 19, 2019 - February 9, 2020.Published ReferencesJanice Driesbach, edited by Karen O. Janovy, _The Unknown Blakelock_, exh. cat., Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2008, 26 pl. 10. Norman A. Geske, _Beyond Madness: the Art of Ralph Blakelock, 1847-1919_ (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007), 55, fig. 50. Christine C. Brindza, _The Western Sublime- Majestic Landscapes of the American West_, (Tucson: Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, 2019) page 57.
