Emil Carlsen : By the shore, ca.1925.

 

ECA record control number: 2878

Archives of American Art #: 61519342

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable Work

Work title: By the shore

Alternate work titles:
2011: By the shore [from auction catalog]

Work date: ca.1925 [dated based on general palette and technique]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 15 x 17-1/2 inches [unframed] | 15 x 18 inches [unframed] | 23-3/8 x 26 x 1-3/4 inches [framed]

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

Verso:
Marking Type: Business card attached in black and yellow.
Location: At lower verso frame at center.
Text: ‘Antique frames / Lopez [rest of card can’t make out]’.

ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Dunes

Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Beach

Description of work:

Provenance/ownership:
2017 Private collection of [unknown], returned to owner unsold ;
2017 ( Shannon’s [1997- ], 354 Woodmont Rd, Milford, CT 06460 ) ;
2011 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2011 ( Shannon’s [1997- ], 354 Woodmont Rd, Milford, CT 06460 ) ;
ca.1980s Private collection of [unknown], [southern USA] ;
ca.1980s Private collection of Irma Rudin [1922-2006], New York, NY, Rudin was an art/antiques dealer ;
1979 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
before 1966 Estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
ca.1925 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2017 Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, CT, “sale”, May 4.
2011 Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, CT, “sale”, April 28.
1979 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “sale” October 25.

References/citations:
– Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, CT, sale catalog, “sale”, May 4, 2017, lot #57, illustrated: color.
– Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, CT, sale catalog, “sale”, April 28, 2011, lot #40.
– [unknown magazine ad], 1992.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, sale #4290, “sale”, October 25, 1979, lot #135, illustrated.

Related works:

ECA notes:

Price history:
2017 – [unsold] [auction]
2011 – $14,400 USD [auction]
1979 – ?

 

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2878

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.2878

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 26, 2014

Last updated: August 21, 2017 at 14:53 pm