Emil Carlsen : Landscape with figure, 1873.
ECA record control number: 4727
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Landscape with figure [title from
Alternate work titles:
Man in the garden [title from exhibition catalog – unclear if this is the piece since there was no picture]
Work date: 1873 [dated on front of canvas – see image – also based on signature with ‘e’ at the end show it is 1873]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 28-3/4 x 35-1/2 inches | 29 x 36 inches [unframed] | 38 x 45 inches [framed]
Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emile Carlsen.‘ and dated ‘1873.’. [Carlsen’s 9s can look like his 7s]
Verso: [unknown] ;
ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Cityscape
Archives of American Art subjects:
Description of work:
Provenance / ownership:
2020 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2020 ( Mathesons’ AA Auctions, 600 E. New Haven Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901 ) ;
2013 ( Mathesons’ AA Auctions, 600 E. New Haven Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901 ) ;
ca.2013 [unidentified antique dealer], Miami, FL [shown at the Miami Antique Fair ] ;
ca.1975 [unidentified private collector or dealer], Miami?, FL? [possibly] ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law [possibly] ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law [possibly] ;
1943 Private estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son [possibly] ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [ca.1869-1943], New York, NY, the artist’s wife [possibly] ;
1929 ( Grand Central Art Galleries [1923-1966], 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY | Fifth Avenue at 51st Street, New York, NY | 55 East 57th Street, New York, NY ) ;
1926 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist [likely returned to the artist if unsold] ;
1926 ( Macbeth Gallery, The [1892-1953], [1935-1953] 11 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1924-1934] 15 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1906-1923] 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY | [1892-1905] 237 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY ) ;
1873 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
2020 Mathesons’ Gallery, Melbourne, FL, “Mathesons’ Spring online auction”, May 9.
2013 Mathesons’ AA Auctions, Melbourne, FL, “Spring auction”, May 18-19.
1929 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, “Exhibition of contemporary American art by members of the Grand Central Art Galleries”, January 13-27.
1926 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Thirty-Ninth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture”, October 28 – December 12.
1926 Macbeth Gallery, The [1892-1953], New York, NY, “Summer exhibition : painting by American artists“, July – August.
References / citations:
– Mathesons’ AA Auctions, Melbourne, FL, “Mathesons’ Spring online auction”, May 9, 2020, lot #0001, illustrated : color, online.
– Mathesons’ AA Auctions, Melbourne, FL, sale catalog, “Spring auction”, May 18-19, 2013, lot #406, image : color [online catalog].
– Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Exhibition of contemporary American art by members of the Grand Central Art Galleries”, January 13 – 27, 1929, shown Still life, Man in the Garden, Christ and the fisherman, not illustrated.
– Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Thirty-ninth annual exhibition of American paintings and sculpture”, October 28 – December 12, 1926, #45.
– The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Summer exhibition : painting by American artists”, July – August, 1926, #31, not illustrated.
Related works:
ECA notes:
– Unclear if this is Man in a garden – seen in Macbeth exhibit 1926, will have to cross reference and also check catalog of Grand Central.
Price history:
2020 – $4,500 USD [online auction] ;
2013 – [est. $15,000 – $20,000 USD] [unsold] [auction] ;
1926 – $4,000 USD [retail] ;
Document information
Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=4727
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.4727
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:
October 26, 2014
Last updated: January 16, 2021 at 3:45 am