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
On viewExhibition 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.
