Emil Carlsen : Ripe and ready, 1892.
ECA Record Control Number: 6357
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Ripe and Ready
Alternate Work Titles:
1986: Pumpkins [from exhibition catalog]
1916: Ripe and Ready [from newspaper ad]
Work Date: 1892 [date from from of canvas]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 22 x 18 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 92.’.
Verso: unknown.
ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Brown
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Fruit
Still Life — Fruit — Pumpkin
Description of Work:
“Ripe and Ready, in this collection, has in it wonderful simplicity. He has used a yellow pumpkin and a green Hubbard squash, broken open in show the golden meat, to produce a picture that speaks for him as a great painter.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, IL, “Unique Sale of 125 Paintings By Leading American Artists“, March 5, 1916, page 12, not illustrated.]
Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1986 unknown.
ca.1986 ( Richard York Gallery [ca.1981-2004], 21 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 ) ;
1968 Private collection of [unknown], Houston, TX ;
ca.1916 unknown .
1916 ( Young’s Art Galleries [1897-ca.1952], 424 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL [after ca.1940’s| 66 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604 [ca.1910s-ca.1940s] | 3rd Floor Kimball Hall, 17 North State Street or 16 Wabash Avenue, Chicago IL [1897-ca.1910s] ) .
ca.1892 unknown .
1892 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1986 Richard York Gallery [ca.1981-2004], New York, NY, “An American Gallery: A Survey of Art From the Gallery’s Collection”, August 1-20.
1916 Young’s Art Galleries [1897-ca.1952], Chicago, IL, “Unique Sale of 125 Paintings By Leading American Artists“, March 6-15.
References/Citations:
– Richard York Gallery [ca.1981-2004], New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “An American Gallery: A Survey of Art From the Gallery’s Collection”, August 1-20, 1986, #17, illustrated: color.
– Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, IL, “Unique Sale of 125 Paintings By Leading American Artists“, March 5, 1916, page 12, not illustrated.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
– Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, IL, “Unique Sale of 125 Paintings By Leading American Artists“, March 5, 1916, page 12, not illustrated.
…”Emil Carlsen, N. A.
In Emil Carlsen we have another great master of painting. There is such consummate beauty in his still life paintings that, if he had painted nothing else, they would give him a great place in the world of art. He is represented in nearly every important museum in our country.
Ripe and Ready, in this collection, has in it wonderful simplicity. He has used a yellow pumpkin and a green Hubbard squash, broken open in show the golden meat, to produce a picture that speaks for him as a great painter.”…
Price History:
1916 – $400 USD [retail] [worth approx. $9,185.44 in 2016]
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2016.6357
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:
November 14, 2016
Last Update:
December 24, 2016