Hidden Moon

Provenance

The artist’s family
Private collection

Related Work 

Moonrise, oil on wood, 15⁵⁄₈ x 23⁷⁄₈ inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Afterglow, 1870-90, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas

Note

The Adirondacks, one of Blakelock’s favorite subjects, inspired his depictions of “lonely cabins buried in the rusty foliage of fall” and “the deep wood with giant hemlocks.” Ironically, it was also in this region that he was taken to what was then known as Kingsley Cottage near Elizabethtown, New York, nestled high in the mountains to spend his final days.[1]

[1] Glyn Vincent, The Unknown Night: The Genius and Madness of R.A. Blakelock, An American Painter (Grove Press, 2003), 292.