Emil Carlsen : Still life [the Chinese plate], 1914.
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ECA Record Control Number: 1809
Archives of American Art #: JUL J0047811 [digital photo archive]
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Still life [the chinese plate]
Alternate Work Titles:
2014: Still life [the chinese plate] [ECA added to title for clarification]
1945: Still life [from distribution catalog]
1916: Still life [from year book]
Work Date: 1914 [date from front of canvas]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 18 x 15 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1914.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Still life
ECA Sub-Category: Orientalia
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Ethnic
Ethnic — Chinese
Still Life
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
1945 Private collection of [unknown distribution winner] ;
1945 ( 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 ) ;
1918 ( Art Institute of Chicago [1879- ], 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, gift of Mrs. Chauncey J Blair [1856-1940] ) ;
ca.1916 Private collection of Mary A. I. (Mitchell) Blair [1856-1940], Chicago, IL ;
1914 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1945 Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY, “Annual painting distribution”, November 14.
References/Citations:
– “Quiet Magic: The Still Life Paintings of Emil Carlsen” by Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, 1999, figure #39.
– Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1907-1951) by the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, January, 1917, volume 11, number 1, page 262.
– Sixth Year Book by Friends of American Art, Chicago, IL, 1916-1918, pages 9 & 13, illustrated: b&w.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, image #JUL J0047811.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
– We may have come across the second title in a publication or magazine. a citation is needed.
Price History:
Document Information
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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.1809
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:
February 5, 2014
Last Update:
March 9, 2017