ECA Record Control Number: 7005

Archives of American Art #: JUL J0047791  [digital photo archive]

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Black and silver

Alternate Work Titles:
1999: Still life arrangement  [from book caption]
ca.1960s: Green grapes  [from digital photo archive]
1958: Black and silver  [from exhibition catalog]
1931: Black and silver  [from exhibition catalog]
1930: Black and silver  [from exhibition catalog]

Work Date: 1929  [date from front of canvas.]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 29 x 27 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen. 1929.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Still life
ECA Sub-Category: General

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Fruit
Still Life — Fruit — Grape
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1958 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1958 ( Grand Central Galleries [1923-1966], 24 West 57th Street, New York, NY ) ;
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 ;
1931 ( Warren E. Cox Galleries [1928-1931], New York, NY ) ;
1929 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1958 The Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, NY, “Memorial exhibition of Emil Carlsen, N. A. 1853-1932″, January 14-25.
1931 Warren E. Cox Galleries, 744 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, “Exhibition of paintings by Emil Carlsen and Dines Carlsen”, February.
1930 Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, “Twenty-ninth Carnegie Institute international exhibition of modern painting”, October 16 – December 7.
1930 Herron Museum (John Herron Art Institute), Indianapolis, IN, “Forty-fifth annual exhibition of the work of contemporary American artists“, January 1, 1930 – ?.

References/Citations:
– Quiet magic: The still life paintings of Emil Carlsen by Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, 1999, fig. 22.
– “The still life painting of Emil Carlsen” by Kate Walsh, Spring, 1986
– “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, illustrated: B&W, page 7.
– The Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Memorial exhibition of Emil Carlsen, N. A. 1853-1932″, January 14-25, 1958, #24, not illustrated.
– Warren E. Cox Galleries, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Exhibition of paintings by Emil Carlsen and Dines Carlsen”, February, 1931, #3, not illustrated.
– The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, “Contemporary American show opens at Herron Art Institute” by Lucille E. Morehouse, Sunday, January 5, 1930, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0047791.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:
– referred to as “Grapes lying in a silver dish and loose grapes nestled to one side.”

Emil Carlsen Black and Silver, 1929

– Painted in New York, NY in 1929.

Price History:

Document Information

Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=7005

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2016.7005

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:
July 30, 2016

Last Update:
April 28, 2017