Emil Carlsen : The sooty kettle, 1902.
ECA Record Control Number: 1634
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: The Sooty Kettle
Alternate Work Titles:
1903: The Sooty Kettle [from exhibition catalog]
Work Date: 1902 [date from front of canvas]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 30 x 30 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower/middle left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1902.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Brown
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
ca.2006 Private collection of [unknown] .
ca.2006 ( George Stern Fine Arts [1988- ], 8920 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069 ) ;
ca.1916 Private collection of [unknown] .
ca.1903 Private collection of William Merritt Chase [1849-1916], New York, NY ;
1902 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1904 St. Louis Fairgrounds, St. Louis, MO, “Louisiana Purchase International Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair)”, April 30-December 1.
1904 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “Seventy-third Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts“, January 25 – March 5.
1903 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Painters and Sculpture by American Artists“, October 20 – November 25.
1903 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition“, January 3-31.
References/Citations:
– “Louisiana and The Fair: An Exposition of the World Its People and Their Achievements” edited by J. W. Buel, ph. D, World’s Progress Publishing Co., St. Louis, MO, 1905, pages 2485-2486, not illustrated.
– St. Louis Fairgrounds, St. Louis, MO, Exhibition Catalog, “Louisiana Purchase International Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair)”, April 30-December 1, 1904, #.
– Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition Catalog, “Seventy-third Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts“, January 25 – March 5, 1904, #406, not illustrated.
– Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Painters and Sculpture by American Artists“, October 20 – November 25, 1903, #75 shown as “The Sooty Kettle”, not illustrated.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition“, January 3-31, 1903, #279, not illustrated.
Related Works:
– Still life With Copper Pan, 1901 [similar composition and objects]
ECA Notes:
Price History:
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.1634
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:
February 10, 2015
Last Update:
January 17, 2017