ECA Record Control Number: 7550

Archives of American Art #: 83940044

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Surf study

Alternate Work Titles:
1997: Surf study  [from gallery paperwork]
1975: Surf  [from exhibition catalog]

Work Date: ca.1910  [date based on palette and technique]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on board
Work Dimensions: 7-3/8 x 9 inches | 7-1/2 x 9 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Surf

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Rocks
Waterscape
Waterscape — Sea

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1997 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1997 ( Patricia Weiner Gallery, 9393 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH (now called the Eisele Gallery of Fine Art) ) ;
ca.1995 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
1995 ( Thirteenth Colony Arts, LLC [2005- ] | [1992-2005] C. Duncan Connelly Fine Art | P.O. Box 15522, Atlanta, Ga 30333 | 2300 Peachtree Rd. Suite B-108, Atlanta, GA 30309 ) ;
1985 Private collection of [unknown], Winchester, VA ;
1975 ( Wortsman/Rowe Fine Arts, Inc. [1972-1975], 516 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94102 ) ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
before 1966 Estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
ca.1913 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1975 Wortsman Rowe Galleries, San Francisco, CA, “The art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932“, January 10-February 21; Rubicon Gallery, Los Altos, CA, January 17-February 28; The El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, March 2-March 30; Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, TX, April 10-May; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY, June-July; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA, August 20-October 10; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, November-December.

References/Citations:
– C. Duncan Connelly. “Carlsens that have passed through our hands.” Email with attachment of pictures and list of works to Bill Indursky, Emil Carlsen Archives. April 18, 2017 at 9:13 PM.
– “Photograph of Emil Carlsen’s Surf” provided by the Patricia Weiner Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, ca.1998.
– “Gallery Index Card for Emil Carlsen’s Surf” provided by the Patricia Weiner Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, ca.1998.
– Rubicon-Wortsman Pub., San Francisco, CA, Exhibition Catalog, ”Art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932”, 1975, #101 (as Surf), not illustrated.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:
– Photograph and information provided directly from the Patricia Weiner Gallery (Eisele Gallery of Fine Art) via mail from Marie Rigney.

Price History:
ca.1997 – $2,000 USD  [retail]
ca.1995 – $1,100 USD  [retail]

Document Information

Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=7550

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.7550

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 15, 2015

Last Update:
April 19, 2017