Emil Carlsen : Still life with oriental doll, ca.1889.

 

ECA record control number: 1231

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Still life with oriental doll

Alternate work titles:
1993: Still life with oriental doll [from auction catalog]

Work date: ca.1889 [date based on China doll used in a dated work from 1889.]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 9 x 7 inches

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA category: Still life
ECA sub-category: Orientalia

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

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
1993 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1993 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
ca.1885 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1885 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1993 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “sale”, September 9.

References / citations:
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, September 9, 1993, lot #268.

Related works:
– Still life: chrysanthemums, 1885 [composition uses same vase]

ECA notes:

Price history:
1993 – $2,415 USD

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1231

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2017.1231

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 26, 2014

Last updated: January 16, 2018 at 17:14 pm