1921 Cincinnati Museum Cincinnati OH The Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Art May 28 – July 31
1921 Ehrich Galleries New York NY Modern American Paintings unknown date
1921 The Century Association New York NY Paintings by Emil Carlsen loaned by Robert Handley Esq June 9
1921 Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit Detroit MI Loans to the Museum February Landscape [loaned by Ralph H Booth]
1921 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia PA 116th Annual Exhibition of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts February 6 – March 26 Shown The Open Sea (303) Blue and White (328) Stormy Sea (472)
1921 American Art Galleries Madison Square South New York NY Valuable Paintings by Old and Modern Great Masters February 19-24  Shown Still Life (4) 17×14 $95USD Signed at lower right Emil Carlsen and dated ’94’ Private owner bought by J W Lynde (Plump Chicken with glass flagon and white cloth)
1921 Art Alliance Philadelphia PA Exhibition of American Paintings by American Painters December 4 1921 – January 2 1922
1921 Macbeth Gallery New York NY Opening Exhibition: Season 1921-1922 October 11-20 Shown Mandarin Necklace (1)
1921 Macbeth Gallery New York NY Fifth Exhibition of Intimate Paintings November 21 – December 12  Shown The Beach (7) 16×20 $600USD Wood Interior (8) 20×17 $1200USD
1921 National Academy of Design New York NY Exhibition November 19 – December 18 Stormy Sea c1920 Lent by William MacBeth
1921 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago IL Thirty-fourth annual exhibition of American oil paintings and sculpture November 3 – December 11
1921 Mystic Art Association Mystic CT Ninth Annual Summer Exhibition August 23 Shown Arrangement in Grays c1921