ECA record control number: 1625

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Still life with gourds and bowl

Alternate work titles:
Still life with gourds

Work date: ca.1883  [date based on general palette and technique]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 20 x 22 inches

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Verso: Unknown.

ECA category: Still-life
ECA sub-category: Kitchen

Archives of American Art subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Fruit
Still Life — Fruit — Pumpkin
Still Life — Vegetable
Still Life — Vegetable — Onion
Still Life — Vegetable — Gourd

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2010 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2010 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
2009 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2009 ( Simpson Galleries, LLC. [1962- ], 6116 Skyline Dr. Ste. 1 Houston, TX 77057 ) ;
after ca.1953 ( Rainone Galleries, Inc. (1953- ) 1212 West Park Row Drive, Arlington, TX 76013 ) ;
ca.1883 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2010 Sotheby’s [1744- ], New York, NY, “Sale”, September 29.
2009 Simpson Galleries, LLC. [1962- ], Houston, TX, “Sale”, March 8.
ca.1900s Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, “[unknown exhibition]”, [unknown date].
ca.1900s National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “[unknown exhibition]”, [unknown date].

References / citations:
– Sotheby’s [1744- ], New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale”, September 29, 2010, lot #117.
– Simpson Galleries, LLC. [1962- ], Houston, TX, sale catalog, “Sale”, March 8, 2009, lot #434.

Related works:

ECA notes:

Price history:
2010 – unsold
2009 – $12,000 USD

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1625

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.1625

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:
November 14, 2014

Last updated: September 22, 2018 at 14:30 pm