Emil Carlsen : Still life with netsuki [sic], ca.1890.

ECA Record Control Number: 6032

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Still life with netsuki

Alternate Work Titles:
Still life with netsuki

Work Date: ca.1890 [date based on style of composition]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on panel
Work Dimensions: 6-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At upper right edge.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Asian

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Orientalia
Ethnic
Ethnic — Chinese

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1978 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1978 ( Robert M. Rice Gallery [ca.1975-ca.1982], [ca.1978-ca.1982] 2010 South Post Oak Road, Houston, TX 77056 | [ca.1975-ca.1977] 2734 Virginia Street, Houston, TX 77098 ) ;
ca.1890 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1890 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1978 Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, TX, “Robert Rice Gallery presents Emil Carlsen” also called “Paintings by american impressionist Emil Carlsen 1853-1932″, ? – November.

References/Citations:
– Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, TX, exhibition catalog, “Robert Rice Gallery presents Emil Carlsen” also called “Paintings by american impressionist Emil Carlsen 1853-1932″, ? – November, 1978, unnumbered, illustrated: b&w.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:

– This maybe the work referred to in a letter from August Bontoux to Claude Buck, a former pupil, where Emil Carlsen recounts a story behind the painting of this type: “…a visitor in later years mentioned to Carlsen that he had been offered by a dealer a beautiful still life of his with a bluish vase and a little mannequin in the corner—it was very small, measuring about four by seven inches, and the price was $700. “Oh yes,” said Carlsen, “I used to paint those in the days when we had but 15¢ for our meals and glad to have the 15¢. I used to paint those things for $5.00 a piece and told the people they could come around in the afternoon to call for them.”

Price History:

Document Information

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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.6032

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:
November 6, 2014

Last Update:
March 9, 2017