ECA record control number: 26193

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: The old mill  [from online auction catalog]

Alternate work titles:
2019 : The old mill  [from online auction catalog]

Work date: 1905

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 21 x 23 inches

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

Verso:

Marking type: White horizontal rectangular gallery label printed with red logo and black gallery masthead with type-written work description (#1).
Location: Upper right painting frame verso.
Text: ‘[red vertical rectangular JV logo] THE JORDAN-VOLPE GALLERY, INC. / 958 Madison Avenue New York, New York 20023 Tel (212) 57[?]0-9700 / Emil Carlsen / The Old Mill / circa 1885 / oil on canvas / 21 x 23 inches / signed l.l. Emil Carlsen’.

Marking type: White horizontal rectangular label with rounded corners auction label.
Location: Upper left painting stretcher verso.
Text: ‘[bar code] / 4GDJS / 40262127 / Emil Carlsen, The Old Mill / pcs 1 / EAMP [vertically written at right side of label]’.

Marking type: Black marker handwritten series of letters and numbers.
Location: Lower left, on left painting stretcher verso.
Text: ’75 / 25[?]1-98 / 82 ?? [illegible]’.

Marking type: Handwritten red? oil? pencil? framemaker date and signature.
Location: Center bottom frame verso.
Text: ’19 05 / Carrie Rohane’.

Marking type: White horizontal rectangular gallery label printed with red logo and black gallery masthead with type-written work description (#2).
Location: Lower center right canvas verso.
Text: ‘[red vertical rectangular JV logo] THE JORDAN-VOLPE GALLERY, INC. / 958 Madison Avenue New York, New York 20023 Tel (212) 57[?]0-9700 / Emil Carlsen / The Old Mill / circa 1885 / oil on canvas / 21 x 23 inches / signed l.l. Emil Carlsen’.

ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Lake

Archives of American Art subjects:
Architecture
Architecture exterior
Architecture exterior — Domestic
Architecture exterior — Domestic — House
Waterscape

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2019  [tba] ;
2019 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
ca.1982 Private property of Estelle Rae Wolf [1933-2018], Denver, CO ;
ca.1982 ( Vance Jordan Fine Art [1987-2003], 958 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10021 | Jordan-Volpe Gallery [c.1978-1987], 457 West Broadway, New York, NY ) ;
ca.1975 ( [possibly Fudali Galleries [Joe Fudali], Lakeville, CT] [based on canvas number marking] ) ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law [likely based on canvas number marking] ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law [likely based on canvas number marking] ;
before 1966 Private estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son [likely based on canvas number marking] ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife [likely based on canvas number marking] ;
1905 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2019 Sotheby’s [1744- ], New York, NY, “American Art”, March 6.

References / citations:
– Sotheby’s [1744- ], New York, NY, online auction catalog, “American Art”, March 6, 2019, lot #57, illustrated : color.

Related works:

ECA notes:
– Work sent directly from Sotheby’s auction house via email 2019.

Price history:
2019 – [tba] USD  [auction]

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=26193

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2019.26193

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:
February 6, 2019

Last updated: August 8, 2020 at 15:34 pm