Emil Carlsen : Still-life [copper flask and grapes], ca.1931.
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ECA Record Control Number: 9071
Archives of American Art #: JUL J0047808 [digital photo archive]
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Still life [copper, flask and grapes]
Alternate Work Titles:
2014: Still life [copper, flask and grapes] [name expanded by ECA for clarity]
1931: Still life [from exhibition catalog]
Work Date: ca.1931
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 12 x 15 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Still life
ECA Sub-Category: General
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware
Still Life — Fruit
Still Life — Fruit — Grape
Description of Work:
Horizontal composition of grapes, dark glass narrow neck bottle and copper basin. In foreground, centered is a brass basin. On the foreground left are green grapes on stem. In mid-ground is a dark glass round bottom narrow neck bottle or flask. The ground of the painting is brushy and non-descript. In the foreground, under the basin and grapes appears to be parchment paper or a cloth. [ECA – Description based on b&w photo of work.]
Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1931 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1931 ( Grand Central Galleries [1923-1966], 24 West 57th Street, New York, NY ) ;
1931 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], returned to the artist.
1931 ( Warren E. Cox Galleries [1928-1932], 744 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065 ) ;
ca.1931 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1931 Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, “Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Contributed by Artist Members“, November.
1931 Warren E. Cox Galleries, 744 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, “Exhibition of Paintings by Emil Carlsen and Dines Carlsen”, February 2-28.
References/Citations:
– Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, “Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Contributed by Artist Members“, November, 1931, #33, illustrated: b&w.
– Warren E. Cox Galleries, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Exhibition of paintings by Emil Carlsen and Dines Carlsen”, February 2-28, 1931, #7, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0047808.
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Document Information
Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=9071
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.9071
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:
April 24, 2015
Last Update:
April 28, 2017