Emil Carlsen : Still-life [cauldron and fondue], 1917.

ECA record control number: 1267

Archives of American Art #: – none –

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Still life [cauldron and fondue]

Alternate work titles:
Still life [cauldron and fondue]

Work date: 1917 [date from front of canvas.]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 15 x 18 inches

Inscribed/signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1917.’.

Verso: unknown.

ECA category: Still-life
ECA sub-category: Kitchen

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Object
Object — Vegetable
Object — Vegetable — Onion
Still Life
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware

Description of work:

Provenance/ownership:
ca.1999 Private collection of Jonathan L. Cohen, [unknown location] ;
ca.1999 ( Vance Jordan Fine Art [1987-2003], 958 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10021 | Jordan-Volpe Gallery [c.1978-1987], 457 West Broadway, New York, NY ) ;
after 1917 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1917 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1999 Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, “Quiet magic : the still-life paintings of Emil Carlsen“, October 28 – December 10.
1917 City Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, “Twelfth annual exhibition of paintings by American artists”, September 23 – October 28. [needs cross-confirmation]

References/citations:
– Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Quiet magic : the still-life paintings of Emil Carlsen“, October 28 – December 10, 1999, #35.
– St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, “First display of paintings draws crowd to museum“, September 24, 1917, Monday, main edition, page 11, not illustrated. [needs cross-confirmation]

Related works:

ECA notes:
– It is unclear if this is the still life painting referred to for the 1917 exhibit at the City Art Museum mentioned in the St. Louis dispatch article. Will need further investigation to confirm.

Price history:

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1267

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.1267

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:
January 30, 2014

Last updated: December 31, 2017 at 2:45 am