Emil Carlsen : Still-life [with oranges and pot], 1908.
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ECA Record Control Number: 1213
Archives of American Art #: 49520034
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Still life [with oranges and pot]
Alternate Work Titles:
2017: Still life [with oranges and pot] [ECA added to the title for clarification]
2014: Still life [from article mention]
Work Date: 1908 [date from magazine article]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil
Work Dimensions: 22-1/2 x 25-1/2 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 — Fruit
Still Life — Fruit — Orange
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Description of Work:
“Two warm orange and yellow peaches, one in front of the other, sit next to a copper cup. Light shines from the left, highlighting one side of each of the objects.”
Provenance/Ownership:
1929 ( Parthenon in Nashville [1897- ], 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203, Bequest of James M. Cowan [1858-1930] (Accession #29.1.21) ) ;
ca.1908 Private collection of James M. Cowan [1858-1930], Nashville, TN ;
ca.1908 ( Bauer-Folsom Galleries [1908-1921] | Folsom Galleries [1908-1921], 396 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 11215 ) ; [needs cross confirmation from sales info]
1908 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1987-1988 Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID, 1987; Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL, 1987; Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA,1987; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah,WI, 1988; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, 1988; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, 1988.
References/Citations:
– The Cowan Collection Catalogue, 1982, page 34.
– The Magazine Antiques, New York, NY, November, 1980, illustrated: color on page 994.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
– Museum confirmed ownership with ECA via email February 21, 2017.
Price History:
Document Information
Document Permalink:
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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.1213
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:
February 2, 2014
Last Update:
February 18, 2017