ECA Record Control Number: 1358

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Still Life with Red Currants

Alternate Work Titles:
2014: Still Life with Red Currants  [ECA named for clarity]
1934: Still Life: Two Paintings  [from auction catalog]
1900: Currents  [from auction catalog]

Work Date: 1894 [date from exhibition & sale catalog]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 18 x 24 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:

Description of Work:
“..An earthen pitcher and a brilliant mass of red currants upon a blue and white Delft plate and in an overturned basket.”  [exhibition catalog]

Provenance/Ownership:
1932 Private collection of [unknown] .
1932 ( Anderson Galleries, The [1887-1934], 489 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 ) ;
ca.1932 Private estate of a well known at collector [?-ca.1932], New York, NY ;
1900 ( American Art Association [1883-1964], [1922-1964] Madison Ave and 56th Street, New York, NY 10018 | [1883-1922] 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square), New York, NY 10010 ) ;
ca.1894 Private collection of Henry Riemann [1829-1900] and Johanne (Grotjahn) Riemann [1841-?], Dittmer, MO ;
1894 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1932 Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, “Sale #3948: Paintings of Five Centuries: Mainly by European Artists with Some Fine English Works and Examples by Modern Americans A Few Primitives“, January 30 – February 5.
1900 American Art Association, New York, NY, “Highly attractive sale by auction of Mr. Henry Riemann’s valuable collection of American paintings, and water colors, including important and original examples by the following eminent American artists : Emil Carlsen, William L. Metcalf, Guy Rose, Theodore Robinson, Carl Ritter, B. Walter Priestman comprising every variety of subject to be sold without reserve…”, January 25-26.

References/Citations:
– Anderson Galleries, The [1887-1934], New York, NY, Exhibition and Sale Catalog, “Sale #3948: Paintings of Five Centuries: Mainly by European Artists with Some Fine English Works and Examples by Modern Americans A Few Primitives“, January 30 – February 5, 1932, page 3, lot #10, page shown as Still Life: Two Paintings [two paintings in lot], not illustrated.
– American Art Association, New York, NY, “Highly attractive sale by auction of Mr. Henry Riemann’s valuable collection of American paintings, and water colors, including important and original examples by the following eminent American artists : Emil Carlsen, William L. Metcalf, Guy Rose, Theodore Robinson, Carl Ritter, B. Walter Priestman comprising every variety of subject to be sold without reserve…”, January 25-26, 1900, lot #4, not illustrated.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:
– Could the New York collector be James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr. [1867-1932]?

Price History:
1932 – $120 USD (auction)

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.1358

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:
January 29, 2014

Last Update:
November 17, 2016