ECA Record Control Number: 2172

Archives of American Art #: 63005261

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Nature mort

Alternate Work Titles:
1988: Nature mort  [from auction catalog]
1984: Still life with dead game  [from auction catalog]

Work Date: 1895  [date from front of canvas]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 35-1/2 x 49-1/2 inches | 36 x 50 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1895.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Game

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Duck
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Cookware

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
1988 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1988 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
1984 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1984 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
1981 ( Peter H. Davidson & Co., Inc. [1973-1991], 404 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025 ) ;
before 1981 Private collection of [unknown], NJ ;
after ca.1895 ( Graham Gallery [1857- ], 32 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065 | [1857- ] 66 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10003 ) ;
ca.1895 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1895 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1988 Christie’s, New York, NY, “Sale”, May 26.
1985 Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, “The still life paintings of Emil Carlsen”, March 31 – May 5.
1984 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “Sale #5255”, December 6.
1895 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “69th Annual Exhibition”, December 10, 1894 – January 5, 1895.

References/Citations:
– “Letters pretaining to Emil Carlsen Still Life With Dead Game, 1983-1985″, The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives, New York, NY, Peter H. Davidson & Co Inc Records, 1951-1991 (bulk 1970-1984), box 8, folder 24.
– Christie’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale”, May 26, 1988, lot #242.
– Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, exhibition catalog, “The still life paintings of Emil Carlsen”, March 31 – May 5, 1985, #?, not illustrated.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale #5255”, December 6, 1984, lot #159.

Related Works:
– Still life with fowl, 1892.  [depicts a similar wild turkey]

ECA Notes:

Price History:
1988 – $14,500 USD.  [auction]
1984 – est. $20,000 – $25,000 USD.  [auction]
1895 – $600 USD.  [retail]

Document Information

Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2172

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.2172

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 2, 2014

Last Update:
May 2, 2017