Emil Carlsen : Autumn landscape, 1908.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 19584

Archives of American Art #: 49520008

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Autumn landscape

Alternate Work Titles:
Autumn landscape

Work Date: 1908 [date from front of canvas]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 25 x 30 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 08.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Trees

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Season
Landscape — Season — Autumn
Landscape — Tree

Description of Work:
“Hazy autumn light and soft light greens make up the foreground pasture. Two full, orange foliage trees dominate, casting a shadow to the left. A line of distant mountains are seen in the background. The powder blue sky contains many fluffy white clouds.”

Provenance/Ownership:
1927 ( Parthenon in Nashville [1897- ], 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203, Bequest of James M. Cowan [1858-1930] (Accession #27.1.4) ) ;
ca.1908 Private collection of James M. Cowan [1858-1930], Nashville, TN ;
ca.1908 ( Bauer-Folsom Galleries [1908-1921] | Folsom Galleries [1908-1921], 396 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 11215 ) ; [needs cross confirmation from sales info]
1908 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1987-1988 Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID, 1987; Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL, 1987; Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA,1987; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah,WI, 1988; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, 1988; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, 1988.

References/Citations:
– The Cowan Collection Catalogue, 1982, page 34.

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Document Information

Document Permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=19584

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2017.19584

Digital Document Provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Emil Carlsen Archives, 266 West 21st Street, Suite 4E, New York, NY 10011.

Document License:
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Image License:
The author of this artwork died more than 70 years ago. According to U.S. Copyright Law, copyright expires 70 years after the author’s death. In other countries, legislation may differ.

Record Birth Date:
March 2, 2017

Last Update:
March 2, 2017