Emil Carlsen : Surf, ca.1914.
ECA Record Control Number: 16779
Archives of American Art #: 17860106
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Surf
Alternate Work Titles:
2016: Surf [from museum website]
Work Date: ca.1914
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 40-1/4 x 50-1/8 inches | 40 x 50 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Surf
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Rocks
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
1914 ( Bowdoin College Museum of Art [1811- ], Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011, Gift of Miss Alice Greenwood Chapman and Mrs. Laura Chapman Miller, in memory of Professor Henry Leland Chapman, Class of 1866 (Accession #1914.1) ) ;
ca.1914 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
References/Citations:
– “Surf.” Bowdoin Museum of Fine Arts website. Updated unknown. Accessed December 20, 2016. http://artmuseum.bowdoin.edu/Obj1242?sid=27317&x=33727
– Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings and of the Walker Collection by Bowdoin Museum of Fine Arts, Brunswick, ME, 1930, page 98.
Related Works:
– Entrance to St. Thomas Harbor, 1915 [similar palette, painting technique/rendering of water and close date]
– Surf Breaking, 1911 [similar palette and painting technique and similar rock formation.]
ECA Notes:
Price History:
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2016.16779
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:
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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 20, 2016
Last Update:
December 20, 2016