Emil Carlsen : Gallows mountain, 1905.
Gallows Mountain, 1905
Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Oil on canvas
34-1/4 x 37-3/4 inches
Signed: At lower right. ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Provenance:
1996 Sotheby’s New York, NY
1904 Emil Carlsen, the artist
Exhibitions:
1996 Sotheby’s New York, NY, March 14.
1905 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, “Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute”, November 2, 1905 – January 1, 1906.
1905 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition”, January 3-31.
References:
– “Soren Emil Carlsen: The Hammershoi of Manhattan” by Kim Lykke Jensen, Narayana Press, Gylling, Denmark, 2008, illustrated: color, page 48, figure 30.
– Sotheby’s New York, NY, Sale Cat., March 14, 1996, Lot #111.
– The International Studio, “The International Exhibition at Pittsburgh” by Arthur Hoeber, 1906, Volume 27, page 37-43.
– Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Exhibition Catalog, “Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute”, November 2, 1905 – January 1, 1906.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition”, January 2-30, 1905, #348, not illustrated.
Notes:
The International Studio, “The International Exhibition at Pittsburgh” by Arthur Hoeber, 1906, Volume 27, page 37-43.
“Emil Carlsen, in his rather empty Gallows Mountain, is forceful, but not overly interesting, the colour scheme having a monotony…”
Price:
1996 – $17,250 USD