Emil Carlsen : Polishing the brass<, 1885.

 

ECA record control number: 4486

Archives of American Art #: [none]

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Polishing the brass

Alternate work titles:
2002 : Polishing the brass [from online auction catalog]

Work date: 1885 [from online auction catalog]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 54 x 40 inches

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes,
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1885.’.

Verso: [unknown] ;

ECA category: People
ECA sub-category: Genre

Archives of American Art subjects:
Architecture interior
Figure female
Figure female — Full length
Still Life
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2002 ( Rose Hill Auctions, Ltd. [2000-2010], Englewood, NJ ) ;
Private collection of [unknown] ;
2002 ( Shannon’s [1997- ], 354 Woodmont Rd, Milford, CT 06460 ) ;
after 1885 ( C.G. Sloan and Co. [1853-2003], Washington, DC ) ;
1885 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2002 Rose Hill Auction, Ltd. [2000-2010], Englewood, NJ, sales catalog, “Sale”, October 28.
2002 Shannon’s [1997- ], Milford, CT, sales catalog, “Sale”, April 25.

References / citations:
– Rose Hill Auction, Ltd. [2000-2010], Englewood, NJ, sales catalog, “Sale”, October 28, 2002, lot #98, illustrated : color.
– Shannon’s [1997- ], Milford, CT, online sales catalog, “Sale”, April 25, 2002, lot #178, illustrated online : color.
– “Polishing the brass” advertising image for the American Brass Co. who likely purchased this larger finished version for an ad in 1886.

Related works:
– Study of this work : Portrait of a maid, 1884.

ECA notes:

Price history:
2002 – [unsold] [auction] ;
2002 – $2,875 USD [auction] ;

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=4486

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.4486

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:
Creative Commons Corporation shareAlike (sa) license. Some of the information contained within this document may hold further publication restrictions depending on final use. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine.

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:
September 6, 2014

Last updated: May 14, 2020 at 19:13 pm