Emil Carlsen : Pastoral lake with figures, 1881.
Emil Carlsen : Pastoral lake with figures, 1881.
Emil Carlsen : Pastoral lake with figures, 1881.
Emil Carlsen : Pastoral lake with figures, 1881.
ECA record control number: 3375
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Pastoral lake with figures
Alternate work titles:
2017: Pastoral lake with figures [ECA renamed for clarity]
2017: Pastoral lake w/figures [from online auction catalog]
1999: The river bank [from auction catalog]
Work date: 1881 [date from front of canvas.]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 34 x 45 inches | 34-1/4 x 45 inches | 39 x 49-3/4 x 2 [framed]
Inscribed/signed front:
Location: Signed at lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘S. Em. Carlsen. BOSTON 1881’.
Verso:
Marking type: White label.
Location: Top left stretcher verso.
Text: ‘[illegible from picture]’.
Marking type: Ripped white label.
Location: lower middle-right stretcher verso.
Text: ‘[illegible from picture]’.
Marking type: Small rectangular white label, slightly skewed.
Location: Upper middle-left stretcher verso.
Text: ‘[illegible from picture]’.
Marking type: Writing in pencil.
Location: Upper middle-right frame verso.
Text: ‘MW-‘.
ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Lakes
Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Tree
Description of work:
“Oil on canvas depicting an overcast Impressionistic scene of a pastoral lake surrounded by reeds with two figures walking in the field beside, and lush hills beyond…”
Citation: Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Inc. on-line auction catalog.
Provenance/ownership:
2017 Private collection of [unknown], Atlanta, GA, returned to owner unsold ;
2017 ( Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Inc. [1984- ], 5180 Peachtree Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30341 ) ;
1999 Private collection of [unknown], Atlanta, GA ;
1999 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
after 1881 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1881 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
2017 Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Inc., Atlanta, GA, “Seven luxury estates at auction – day 2“, June 10.
1999 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture – sale #7273“, March 11.
References/citations:
– Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Inc., Atlanta, GA, online auction catalog, “Seven luxury estates at auction – day 2“, June 10, 2017, lot #523.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, online auction catalog, “American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture – sale #7273“, March 11, 1999, lot #12.
Related works:
– May morning, 1880.
– Spring landscape, ca.1881.
ECA notes:
– The location depicted is Boston, MA.
– Stretcher uses butt joints that Carlsen is known for vs. mitre joint of contemporary stretchers.
– CONDITION REPORT: The canvas retains a wax reline; ultraviolet examination reveals a scattered fluorescence of minor inpainting, predominantly in the sky at upper left and in the tips of the tree leaves and branches at upper right; although certain pigments fluoresce, they appear to be the artist’s original intent; the surface of the work is clean and retains a layer of synthetic resin varnish; in overall stable and attractive condition.
Price history:
2017 – unsold. [auction]
Document information
Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=3375
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.3375
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:
April 14, 2014
Last updated: August 21, 2017 at 14:33 pm
