ECA Record Control Number: 3727

Archives of American Art #: 56980091

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: The Surf, Rocks and Water

Alternate Work Titles:
by 2014: The Surf, Rocks and Water  [from museum website]
1964: Surf – Rocks and Water  [from collection catalog]

Work Date: ca.1909  [date based on style and theme.]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on panel
Work Dimensions: 8-5/8 x 12 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 — Beach
Landscape — Rocks
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
1967 ( Huntington Museum of Art [1952- ], 2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701, Gift of Ruth Wood Dayton   (Accession #1967.1.46) ) ;
1951 ( Daywood Art Gallery, Inc. [1951-1970], Lewisburg, WV ) ;
ca.1909 Private collection of Ruth Wood Dayton [1874-1973], OH | WV ;
ca.1909 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
2014 Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, “HIMG Presents The Daywood Collection”, March 15 – November 2.

References/Citations:
– Hunting Museum of Art website accessed August 21, 2014.
– The Use of Aesthetics in a Comprehensive Art Curriculum by Michelle Lynn Loudermilk, Marshall University, 2002, illustrated: color, page 13.
– Collection Catalog by Daywood Art Gallery, Inc., Lewisburg, WV, 1964.

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Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.3727

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:
August 21, 2014

Last Update:
January 24, 2017