ECA Record Control Number: 2627

Archives of American Art #: 83940045

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Setting sun

Alternate Work Titles:
2017: Soleil couchant [sunset]  [from online auction catalog]
1975: Setting sun  [from exhibition catalog]

Work Date: ca.1930  [date based on palette and technique]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on panel
Work Dimensions: 8-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front: unsigned.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Calm seas

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Beach
Landscape — Time
Landscape — Time — Dusk
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
2017 TBA
2017 ( Millon & Associes [1882- ], 19 rue Grange Batelière, Paris, France 75009 ) ;
ca.1975 Private collection of [unknown] ;
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 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 ;
ca.1930 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
2017 Millon & Associes, Paris, France, “Sale”, June 9.
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:
– Millon & Associes, Paris, France, online auction catalog, “Sale”, June 9, 2017, lot #175.
– Rubicon-Wortsman Publishing, San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, ”Art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932”, 1975, #103, illustrated: b&w.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:

Price History:
2017 – TBA

Document Information

Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2627

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.2627

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 16, 2014

Last Update:
May 24, 2017