ECA record control number: 3516

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Seaweed gatherers [unlocated]  [title from exhibition catalog]

Alternate work titles:
1881 : Seaweed gatherers [unlocated]  [title from exhibition catalog]

Work date: 1881  [date from front of drawing of painting]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: ? x ? inches

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘S. Emile. Carlsen. -81.’.

Verso: [unknown]

ECA category: People
ECA sub-category: Seaweed farmers

Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Farm > Harvesting
Occupation > Farming

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
after 1881 [unlocated] ; 
1881 Emil Carlsen, c/o C.A. Walker, 20 Beacon St., Boston, MA ;
1881 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1881 The Boston Art Club, Boston, MA, “Twenty-third annual member exhibition”, January 29-February 19.

References / citations:
– The Boston Art Club, Boston, MA, Exhibition Catalog, “Twenty-Third Annual Member Exhibition”, January 29-February 19, 1881, #121, illustrated: B&W drawing of the painting.
– “The Boston Art Club: Exhibition Record 1873-1909”, edited by Janice H. Chadbourne, Karl Gabosh, and Charles O. Vogel, 1991, pg. 105-106, not illustrated.

Related works:

ECA notes:
– This is a drawing of the painting by the artist for the catalog.

Price history:

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=3516

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.3516

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 10, 2014

Last updated: May 21, 2020 at 18:29 pm