ECA Record Control Number: 2150

Archives of American Art #: 80240026, 83910005

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Still life (with chicken)

Alternate Work Titles:
after 1999: Still life (with chicken)
1999: Still life (The White Rooster)

Work Date: 1892  [date from front of canvas]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 33-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlasen. 92.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Still life
ECA Sub-Category: Game

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Chicken
Still Life
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
1925 ( Mills College Art Museum [1925- ], Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94613 ) ;
ca.1892 Private collection of Albert Maurice Bender [1866-1941], San Francisco, CA ;
1892 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist ,

Exhibition History:
1999 Vance Jordan Gallery, New York, NY, “Emil Carlsen: Quiet Magic“, October 28 – December 10.
1971 California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, “Artist-Teacher & Pupils: First 50 Yrs. 1871-1921”
1926-1927 California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, “First Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artist,” November 15, 1926 – January 30, 1927.

References/Citations:
– Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Emil Carlsen: Quiet Magic“, October 28 – December 10, 1999, #9.
– California Historical Society, San Francisco, Exhibition Catalog, “Artist-Teacher & Pupils:First 50 Yrs. 1871-1921”, 1971.
– California Palace of Legion of Honor, Exhibition Catalog, “First Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artist,” November 15, 1926 – January 30, 1927.

Related Works:
– Still Life: Guinea Hen/Copper, 1892  [similar composition from the same year]

ECA Notes:

Price History:

Document Information

Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2150

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.2150

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 30, 2014

Last Update:
February 16, 2017