ECA record control number: 24528

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Study for the miraculous draught  [ECA added to name for clarification].

Alternate work titles:
2017: Study for the miraculous draught
2017: The miraculous draught

Work date: 1929  [from museum paperwork]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 12 x 14 inches [unframed] | 20-3/4 x 22-3/4 x 3 inches [framed]

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

Verso: unknown.

ECA category: Waterscape
ECA sub-category: Ship

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Architecture
Architecture — Boat
Architecture — Boat — Rowboat
Religion
Religion — New Testament
Religion — New Testament — Christ
Waterscape
Waterscape — Boat
Waterscape — Sea

Description of work:

Provenance/ownership:
1967 ( Huntington Museum of Art [1952- ], 2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701, accession #1967.15? ) ;
1951 ( Daywood Art Gallery, Inc. [1951-1970], Lewisburg, WV ) ;
1929 Private collection of Arthur Dayton [?-?] and Ruth Wood Dayton [1874-1973], Lewisburg, WV ;
1929 ( Macbeth Gallery, The [1892-1953], [1935-1953] 11 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1924-1934] 15 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1906-1923] 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY | [1892-1905] 237 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, commission by Arthur & Ruth Dayton ) ;
1929 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:

References/citations:
– Email sent directly to ECA by Chris Hatten, Senior Curator, Huntington Museum of Art, WV on Friday, December 8, 2017 at 3:18 PM with subject “Additional Carlsen painting at Huntington Museum of Art”, id#CY4PR2001MB178286E83630BE619729A10FC4300@CY4PR2001MB1782.namprd20.prod.outlook.com.

Related works:
– Study for the miraculous drought, 1928.
– Christ and the fisherman, 1927.
– The miraculous drought, 1921.

ECA notes:

Price history:
1929 – [unknown]  [retail]

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=24528

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2017.24528

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:
December 9, 2017

Last updated: December 9, 2017 at 11:43 am

Study for The Miraculous Drought, 1928
Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Oil on artist board
13-5/8 x 19-5/8 inches

Signed: At lower right.  ‘Sketch. Emil. Carlsen. 1928.’.

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Provenance:
1992 Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042-1747 (accession #1992.181)
c.1981 Private collection of Mrs. Phoebe C. Macbeth [1915-2001], 79 Crosslands, Kennett Square, PA  19348  (grand-daughter of William Macbeth)
c.1928 Private collection of Robert Macbeth [1894-1981], New York, NY (son of William Macbeth)
1928 Emil Carlsen, the artist

Exhibitions:

References:
– Pictures and information sent directly from the Montclair Art Museum via email from Alison Van Denend, Curatorial Assistant on June 29, 2016.
– Letter attached to the back of the painting addressed to Mrs. Carlsen and dated December 30, 1932.

Notes:

Price:
1992 – $3,000 USD (Insurance Value)