Emil Carlsen : The Constitution, 1881.

 

ECA record control number: 7854

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: The Constitution

Alternate work titles:
1977 : The Constitution [from exhibition catalog]

Work date: 1881 [from artist’s son notes]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 16 x 20 inches

Inscribed / signed front: Unknown.

Verso: Unknown.

ECA category: Waterscape
ECA sub-category: Ships

Archives of American Art subjects:
Architecture
Architecture — Boat
Waterscape
Waterscape — Boat
Waterscape — Coast

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
1920 Private collection of [unknown] Russell [?-?], Boston?, MA? ;
1920 ( Plaza auctions?, New York, NY ) ;
1881 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1977 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, “Pere et fils: Art of Emil and Dines Carlsen“, August 20 – October 23.
1920 Plaza auctions?, New York, NY, “Auction”, February 6.

References / citations:
– Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, exhibition catalog, “Pere et fils: Art of Emil and Dines Carlsen“, August 20 – October 23, 1977, #14, not 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, c1960, page 1.
– American Art Annual, New York, NY, “Auction sales”, 1920, volume 67, page ?, not illustrated.

Related works:

ECA notes:
– Painted in Boston, MA in 1881 for the retirement of the ship “The Constitution” in 1881.

Price history:

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=7854

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2018.7854

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 5, 2015

Last updated: September 4, 2018 at 12:06 pm