Emil Carlsen : Apple orchard, ca.1904.

ECA record control number: 5407
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Apple orchard
Alternate work titles:
1922: Apple orchard
1908: Old apple tree study
Work date: ca.1904 – ca.1907 [date based on palette, technique and location]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 24-3/4 × 34-3/4 inches
Inscribed/signed front: unknown
Verso: unknown
ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Trees
Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Connecticut — Windham
Landscape — Tree
Description of work:
Provenance/ownership:
after 1922 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1922 Private collection of [unknown], purchased by William W. Seaman [1854-ca.1919], art agent ; [It is unclear if this is the Apple orchard being referred to. Carlsen has several.]
1922 ( American Art Association [1883-1964], [1922-1964] Madison Ave and 56th Street, New York, NY 10018 | [1883-1922] 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square), New York, NY 10010 ) ;
ca.1904 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
1922 American Art Galleries, New York, NY, “Valuable Paintings by Masters: Works of the Barbizon, Impressionist, Contemporary Foreign and American Schools”, April 3-6, 1922. Shown Apple orchard (46) 24-3/4×34-3/4 $525USD, from the Artist sold to W. W. Seaman Agt. [this citation will need to be cross referenced and checked. It is unclear if this is the apple orchard being referred to.]
1908 Saint Botolph Club, Boston, MA, “Paintings by Emil Carlsen“, January 6-24.
References/citations:
– American Art Galleries, New York, NY, Sale Catalog, “Valuable Paintings by Masters: Works of the Barbizon, Impressionist, Contemporary Foreign and American Schools”, April 3-6, 1922, Lot #46.
– New York Times, New York, NY, “Schreyer Painting At $6,000 Leads Sale“, April 7, 1922.
– Norwich Bulletin, Norwich, CT, “Various matters“, Wednesday, April 5, 1922, page 5, not illustrated. [based on article description it seems like it might be referring to another study or painting of the apple orchard by Carlsen. This citation will need to be further cross referenced and checked.]
– Saint Botolph Club, Boston, MA, “Paintings by Emil Carlsen”, January 6-24, 1908, #11 as Old Apple Trees, Study, not illustrated.
Related works:
– Child in the forest, ca.1904. [Same painting palette and technique.]
ECA notes:
– “…At the American Art Galleries, New York…including a picture…by…Emil Carlsen’s Apple orchard, sensitive in color and drawn with energy…”
– Norwich Bulletin, Norwich, CT, “Various matters“, Wednesday, April 5, 1922, page 5, not illustrated.
– This is Emil Carlsen’s friend, Julian Alden Weir’s apple orchard which was used for apple cider and paintings by Carlsen, Weir, Carlsen’s student, M. Young, and more.
Price history:
1922 – $525 USD.
Document information
Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=5407
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2016.5407
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:
September 9, 2016
Last updated: August 28, 2017 at 13:48 pm
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