American Art Association [1883-1964]
ECA Control Number: 14165
Record Level: Listing
Record Type: Private Art Gallery/Dealer
Auction House/Private Gallery Name: American Art Association
Aka: American Art Galleries ; American Art Gallery ; Anderson Galleries Inc.
Founded: 1883
Closed/Acquired: 1964 by Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021
Location(s):
[1922-1964] Madison Ave and 56th Street, New York, NY 10018
[1883-1922] 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square), New York, NY 10010
About:
“It was first located at 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square) in Manhattan, New York City and moved to Madison Ave and 56th St. in 1922. It was the first auction house in the U.S. and had a strong presence in New York during the period of American history known as the Gilded Age, hosting some of the cities major art exhibitions at the time.[2] The galleries and auctions were devoted to paintings by American artists and also had an Oriental Art Department. The aim of the association was to promote American art through a highly visible, cosmopolitan auction venue.”
Citation: “American Art Association”. Wikipedia. Updated July 6, 2015. Accessed September 9, 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Art_Association.
WORKS BY EMIL CARLSEN EXHIBITED OR SOLD
LIST OF EXHIBITIONS (9)
AFTER CARLSEN’S DEATH (1)
1937 American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Inc, New York, NY, “Property of the Estate of the Late George D. Pratt“, January 15-16.
DURING CARLSEN’S LIFETIME (8)
1928 American Art Association, Inc., New York, NY, “XIX Century Paintings By French, English & American Artists from the Private Collections of Mrs. H. Van Rensselaer Kennedy, New York City and Mr. Frederick H. Gottlieb, Baltimore, Maryland With Some Additions“, April 26.
1923 The American Art Galleries, New York, NY, “Foreign and American Oil Paintings Belonging to An Estate and Private Owners”, November 14-15.
1923 The American Art Galleries, New York, NY, “Very Important and Exceedingly Valuable Oil Paintings by Celebrated Foreign and American Masters and other Valuable Art Property from the Collection of the Late P. A. Valentine of New York and Other Private Sources”, March 7-9.
1922 American Art Galleries, New York, NY, “Valuable Paintings by Masters: Works of the Barbizon, Impressionist, Contemporary Foreign and American Schools”, April 3-6.
1922 American Art Galleries, New York, NY, “Valuable Paintings of the American and Foreign Schools”, February 22-27.
1918 American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York, NY, “An Important Collection of Valuable Modern Paintings”, March 28-April 5.
1912 American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York, NY, “Valuable Paintings and Water Colors Forming The Private Collection of William Merritt Chase, N.A.“, March 7-8.
1898 American Art Galleries, New York, NY, “American Paintings Belonging To Mr. P. Chock to be sold at absolute Public Sale At the American Art Galleries“, March 9-11.
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2016.14165
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:
September 5, 2016
Last Update:
October 01, 2016