ECA Record Control Number: 19309

Archives of American Art #: 07130014

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Clearing off

Alternate Work Titles:
1916: Clearing off  [from auction catalog]

Work Date: ca.1908  [date based on known purchase date]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 25 x 30 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Surf

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Rocks
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast
Waterscape — Sea

Description of Work:
“An active coastal marine of a stormy day, a record in grays, greens and the red-browns of weathered rocks, relieved by the tossing white of foam. The rocky outposts of the coast appear low in the right foreground, partly submerged, and long lines of combers roll in from the left and somewhat forward, a cold green, which tinges their white breaking crests. The horizon seems near, under the dense rain-clouds and saturated atmosphere, the clouds a violet-gray and displaying rifts which promise, but fail to reveal, glimpses of a blue beyond.”
– American Art Galleries, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Valuable paintings by artists of distinction belonging to the estates of the late Mr. J. R. Andrews…“, January 22-28, 1916, #66, illustrated: b&w.

Provenance/Ownership:
since at least 1963 ( New Britain Museum of American Art [1853- ], 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052 ) ;
1916 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1916 (American Art Association [1883-1964], [1922-1964] Madison Ave and 56th Street, New York, NY 10018 | [1883-1922] 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square), New York, NY 10010 ) ;
1909 Private collection of John R. Andrews [1842-1916], Bath, ME ;
1909 ( Folsom Galleries [1908-1921] | Bauer-Folsom Galleries [1908-1909], 396 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 11215 ) ;
ca.1908 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1916 American Art Galleries, New York, NY, “Valuable paintings by artists of distinction belonging to the estates of the late Mr. J. R. Andrews…“, January 22-28.

References/Citations:
– Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Lithographs, Etchings by the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, 1963?.
– American Art Galleries, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Valuable paintings by artists of distinction belonging to the estates of the late Mr. J. R. Andrews…“, January 22-28, 1916, #66, illustrated: b&w.

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Document Information

Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=19309

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2017.19309

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 22, 2017

Last Update:
February 22, 2017