Emil Carlsen Sea and Rocks [Bald Head Cliff, York, Maine], 1930

Work Title: Sea and Rocks [Bald Head Cliff, York, Maine]

Alternate Work Titles:
Bald Head Cliff, York, Maine

Work Date: 1930  [dated on verso.]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on board
Work Dimensions: 9 x 12-3/4 inches | 9 x 12-11/16 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘E. C.’.

Verso:
Label Type: Gallery Label
Label Location: Verso left center stuck to wood panel.
Label Text:
‘SID DEUTSCH GALLERY
29 West 57th Street / New York, N.Y. 10019 / (212) 754-6660
ARTIST / EMIL CARLSEN / A27
TITLE / SEA AND ROCKS
Date 1930 / Size 9″ x 12-3/4″ / Medium OIL/BOARD’.

Label Type: Gallery Label
Label Location: Verso right stuck to wood panel.
Label Text:
‘OWINGS-DEWEY FINE ART
74 East San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Telephone 505-982-6244

Emil CARLSEN (1853-1932)
“Sea and Rocks”, d.1930
Oil on Board
Image, 9 x 12-11/16 inches
NP2-336’.

Label Type: Thin felt tip pen writing.
Label Location: Verso center top.
Label Text: ‘Property of May Carlsen. / Emil Carlsen 1930.’.

Label Type: Inventory small white label.
Label Location: Verso top left.
Label Text: ’36 / B-3c / E. C.’.

Label Type: Thin felt tip pen writing.
Label Location: Verso top left.
Label Text: ‘A27’.

ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Surf

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Maine
Landscape — Maine — Ogunquit
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1989 Private collection of Clyde Aspevig [1951- ] and Carol Guzman [1951- ], P.O. Box 1886, Bozeman, MT 59771| 6690 Sourdough Canyon Road, Bozeman, MT 59771 ;
ca.1989 ( Owings-Dewey Fine Art [1989- ], 74 East San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 ) ;
ca.1982 ( Sid Deutsch Gallery [1982-2005], 305 E 61st St Ste 203 New York, New York 10021-8204 | 29 West 57th Street, New York, NY  10019 | 17124 Ryton Lane Boca Raton, Florida, 33496-3215 ) ;
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 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 ;
1930 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist

Exhibition History:

References/Citations:

Related Works:
– White Water, 1930  [This painting is a study for the painting White Water, 1930]

ECA Notes:
– This alla prima study is of Bald Head Cliff, Ogunquit, ME.  It is a study for the final painting White Water, 1930.

Price History:

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2017.17476

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:
January 9, 2017

Last updated: June 23, 2017 at 12:42 pm