id:			112831
accession number:	1931.440
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.440
updated:		2025-02-09 00:01:00.062000

Yellow Light, before 1905. Ralph A. Blakelock (American, 1847–1919). Oil on canvas; unframed: 35.5 x 61 cm (14 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1931.440

title:				Yellow Light
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creation date:			before 1905
creation date earliest:		1865
creation date latest:		1905
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Ralph A. Blakelock (American, 1847–1919)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 35.5 x 61 cm (14 x 24 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower left:  R. A. Blakelock
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
	opening date:   1936-06-26T04:00:00
	<i>The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

	title:		Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
	opening date:   1937-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Official Art Exhibit of The Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October 1936) listed pg. 130, cat. no. 348.', 'opening_date': '1936-06-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, American Painting from 1860 Until Today (23 June-4 October 1937) listed cat. no. 8, p. 12.', 'opening_date': '1937-06-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Santa Barbara, The Art Galleries of the University of California Santa Barbara, The Enigma of Ralph A. Blakelock, 1847-1919 (7 January-2 February 1969); traveled to San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor (15 February-16 March 1969); Phoenix,  Phoenix Art Museum (24 March-27 April 1969); Huntington, New York, The Heckscher Museum (15 May-23 June 1969), cat. no. 82, listed p. 29, illus p. 71.', 'opening_date': '1969-01-07T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Fullerton; Mrs. Henry A. Everett, Cleveland
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"The Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>20, no. 1 (January 1933): 1-3
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 1
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137518

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 12, no. 8
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	Francis, Henry. "The Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>25, no. 6, pt. 2 (June 1938): 124-131
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 124
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137944

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