Emil Carlsen : The sky and the ocean, 1913.
ECA Record Control Number: 3408
Archives of American Art #: 80240028, JUL J0046822 [digital photo archive]
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: The sky and the ocean
Alternate Work Titles:
The sky and the ocean
Work Date: 1913 [date from AAA listing]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 50 x 70 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.”.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Rough seas
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Waterscape
Waterscape — Sea
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
1996 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1996 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
1993 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
1990 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1990 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
1914 Private collection of James Franklin Ballard [1851-1931], St. Louis, MO ;
1913 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1996 Christie’s, New York, NY, “sale”, May 23.
1993 Christie’s, New York, NY, “sale”, December 3.
1990 Christie’s, New York, NY, “sale”, November 20.
1914 City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, “Summer exhibitions owned in st. louis”, July – November.
1914 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “One hundred and ninth annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts“, February 8 – March 29.
1913 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “Winter exhibition“, December 20, 1913 – January 18, 1914.
1913 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, PA, “Seventeenth annual exhibition of the Carnegie Institute”, April 24 – June 30.
References/Citations:
– Christie’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, May 23, 1996, lot #118.
– Christie’s New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, December 3, 1993, lot #45.
– Christie’s New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, November 20, 1990, lot #188.
– City Art Museum Bulletin, St. Louis, MO, “The summer exhibition of paintings owned in St. Louis” (from the Post-Dispatch, July 13, 1914), January, page 34, not illustrated.
– Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, exhibition catalog, “One hundred and ninth annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts“, February 8 – March 29, 1914, #354, not illustrated.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Winter exhibition“, December 20, 1913 – January 18, 1914, #296, not illustrated.
– Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, PA, exhibition catalog, “Seventeenth annual exhibition of the Carnegie Institute”, April 24 – June 30, 1913, #50, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0046822.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
Price History:
1996 – $32,200 USD [auction]
1993 – unsold [auction]
1990 – $7,150 USD [auction]
Document Information
Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=3408
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.3408
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:
December 2, 2014
Last Update:
March 9, 2017