ECA record control number: 11273

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Study for the miraculous drought

Alternate work titles:

Work date: 1928  [from front of canvas.]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on artist board
Work dimensions: 13-5/8 x 19-5/8 inches

Inscribed/signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Sketch. Emil. Carlsen. 1928.’.

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:
1992 ( Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042-1747 (accession #1992.181) ) ;
ca.1981 Private collection of Phoebe C. Macbeth [1915-2001], 79 Crosslands, Kennett Square, PA  19348  (grand-daughter of William Macbeth) ;
ca.1928 Private collection of Robert Macbeth [1894-1981], New York, NY (son of William Macbeth [1851-1915]) ;
1928 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:

References/citations:
– 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.

Related works:
– Study for the miraculous draught, 1929.
– Study for the miraculous drought, 1928.
– The miraculous drought, 1921.

ECA notes:

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

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=11273

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2016.11273

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:
June 29, 2016

Last updated: December 9, 2017 at 12:19 pm