In the Primordial Woods

Provenance

George F. McMurray, Glendale, California (as Indian Encampment)

Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, on long term loan from above, 1970s–80s

Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, New York

Private collection, New York

Sale, Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, March 13–14, 2015, lot 79, from above

Exhibited

The Enigma of Ralph A. Blakelock, 1847–1919, The Art Galleries, University of California Santa Barbara, California, January 7–February 2, 1969; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, February 15–March 16, 1969; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, March 24–April 27, 1969; The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, May 17– June 23, 1969, no. 76 (as Indian Encampment)

Ralph Albert Blakelock: The Great Mad Genius Returns, Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, November 11–December 10, 2016

Literature

David Gebhard and Phyllis Stuurman, The Enigma of Ralph A. Blakelock, 1847–1919 (Santa Barbara: University of California, 1969), 28, no. 76 (as Indian Encampment).

Ralph Albert Blakelock: The Great Mad Genius Returns (New York: Questroyal Fine Art, 2016), plate 48.

Note

Prior to the discovery of further information and provenance, this painting’s University of Nebraska’s classification was: NBI-800-III, which neither confirms nor denies authenticity. Based upon a review of the painting and the additional data, we are confident that it is an authentic work by Ralph Albert Blakelock.