Emil Carlsen : Still life with swan, 1894.
ECA record control number: 2117
Archives of American Art #: 6151A531
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Still life with swan
Alternate work titles:
Still life with swan
Work date: 1894 [date from the front of canvas.]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 35-1/4 x 57-1/4 inches | 38 x 57 inches
Inscribed/signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA category: Still life
ECA sub-category: Game
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Swan
Still Life
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird
Description of work:
Provenance/ownership:
1980 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1980 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
before 1966 Estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
1926 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
1980 Sotheby’s [1744- ], New York, NY, “Sale #4365”, April 25.
1932 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “Exhibition”, [unknown date].
References/citations:
– Sotheby’s [1744- ], New York, NY, sale catalog. “Sale #4365”, April 25, 1980, lot #66, illustrated.
– “Archive of works by Emil Carlsen compiled by Dines Carlsen”, 24 pages, hand-drawn sketches and notes probably by Dines, provided by Linda Hay, ca.1930s, illustrated: b&w, page 14.
Related works:
– Fallen prey, 1894. [same composition but in watercolor.]
ECA notes:
– Painted in New York, NY in 1894.
Price history:
1980 – [unknown] [auction]
Document information
Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2117
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.2117
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 7, 2014
Last updated: July 24, 2017 at 0:12 am