ECA Record Control Number: 2073

Archives of American Art #: 02960188

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Still life, brass bowl, ducks and bottles

Alternate Work Titles:
Still life with ducks

Work Date: 1883  [date from front of canvas]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 37-7/8 x 50-1/8 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1883-‘.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Game

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Duck
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
1976 ( Los Angeles County Museum of Art [1910- ], 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036  (Accession #M.76.67.1) ) ;
ca.1960s Private collection of Jo Ann S Ganz [ca.1930- ] and Julian A Ganz, Jr. [ca.1930- ], Los Angeles, CA ;
ca.1950s Private collection of Joseph Douglas Schwerin [1938-2014], New York, NY ;
after 1883 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1883 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1999 Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, “Quiet Magic: The Still-Life Paintings of Emil Carlsen“, October 28 – December 10.
1883 The Boston Art Club, Boston, MA, “Twenty-Seventh Exhibition of Oil Paintings“, January 25-February 17.

References/Citations:
– “Soren Emil Carlsen: The Hammershoi of Manhattan” by Kim Lykke Jensen, Narayana Press, Gylling, Denmark, 2008, illustrated: color, page 36, figure 18.
– Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Quiet Magic: The Still-Life Paintings of Emil Carlsen“, October 28 – December 10, 1999, #1.
– Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, “American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection,” Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 186. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
– Gerdts, William H. and Russell Burke, “American Still-Life Painting,” New York: Praeger, 1971, pg. 203.as “Still Life with Ducks.”
– Gerdts, William H. and Russell Burke, “American Still-Life Painting,” New York: Praeger, 1971.
Illustration: Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, “American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection,” Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 186.
– The Boston Art Club, Boston, MA, Exhibition Catalog, “Twenty-Seventh Exhibition of Oil Paintings“, January 25-February 17, 1883, shown as “Still Life”, #87, not illustrated.
– “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.

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Document Information

Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2073

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.2073

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:
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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 31, 2015

Last Update:
February 13, 2017