Emil Carlsen : Rocky shore, ca.1909.

ECA record control number: 4195

Archives of American Art #: 83940121

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Rocky shore

Alternate work titles:
1975 : Rocky shore  [from exhibition catalog]

Work date: ca.1909  [date based on style and palette]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on board
Work dimensions: 15 x 18 inches

Inscribed / signed front: Unsigned.

Verso:
Marking type: Gallery stamped.
Location: Verso.

ECA category: Waterscape
ECA sub-category: Surf

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

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2018 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2018 ( Doyle Auctions [1962- ], 175 E 87th St, New York, NY 10128 ) ;
ca.2011 Private collection of [unknown], Sonoma, CA, by descent ; 
ca.1975 Private collection of Gunnar A Anderson [1915-2008] and Lucille K (Kindlund) Anderson [1921-2011], Chicago, IL ;
1975 ( Wortsman/Rowe Fine Arts, Inc. [1972-1975], 516 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94102 ) ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
before 1966 Private 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 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2018 Doyle Auctions [1962- ], New York, NY, “Live auction”, October 10.
1975 Wortsman Rowe Galleries, San Francisco, CA, “The art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932“, January 10-February 21 ; Rubicon Gallery, Los Altos, CA, January 17-February 28 ; The El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, March 2-March 30 ; Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, TX, April 10-May ; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY, June-July ; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA, August 20-October 10 ; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, November – December.

References / citations:
– 2018 Doyle Auctions [1962- ], New York, NY, online auction catalog, “Live auction”, October 10, 2018, lot #1040, illustrated: color.
– Rubicon-Wortsman Pub., San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, ”Art of Emil Carlsen : 1853-1932”, 1975, #249, illustrated : b&w.

Related works:

ECA notes:

Price history:
2018 – $5,310 USD.  [auction]
1975 – [unknown]  [retail]

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=4195

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.4195

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:
August 21, 2014

Last updated: October 12, 2018 at 12:17 pm