Emil Carlsen : Cherry tree, ca.1915.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 5280

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Cherry tree

Alternate Work Titles:
2007: Cherry tree
1994: Cherry tree in bloom [from exhibition catalog]

Work Date: ca.1915 [Date selected matches similar technique and palette of known works from that time]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 30 x 30 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Verso:
Marking: Estate Stamp.
Location: Unknown verso.
Text: ‘Estate of Florence B. C. G. Carlsen’.

Marketing: Pencil number.
Location: Unknown on verso.
Text: ‘U75’.

ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Tree

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Season
Landscape — Season — Spring
Landscape — Tree

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
ca.2007 ( Meredith Ward Fine Art [2004- ], 44 East 74th Street, Suite G, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
2007 ( Spanierman Gallery [1928-2014], [1994-2014] 45 East 58th Street New York, NY 10022 | [1964-1994] 50 East 78th Street, New York, NY | 625 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019 ) ;
ca.1994 Private collection of [unknown], NY, NY? ;
1994 ( Owen Gallery [1986- ], [2009- ] 303 Mossy Brook Road, High Falls, NY 12440 | [2009- ] Winter Park Village, 520 N Orlando Ave #105, Winter Park, FL 32789 | [at least 2000-2009] 19th East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021 | [1994] 762 Madison Avenue at 65th Street, NY, NY 10021 ) ;
1975 Private collection of [unknown], NJ ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 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 Luella Ruby May Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
1931 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
ca.1910 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1994 Owen Gallery, New York, NY, “American Impressionism“, November 1 – December 17.

References/Citations:
– “Emil Carlsen (1853-1932).” Meredith Ward Fine Art website. Updated unknown. Accessed May 26, 2017. http://www.meredithwardfineart.com/a_carlsen.html
– Owen Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “American Impressionism“, November 1 – December 17, 1994, #18, illustrated: color, shown as Cherry Tree in Bloom.

Related Works:
– Springtime, 1915 [another cherry tree from 1915 in Spring]
– Spring, 1915 [Same technique & palette from 1915 in Spring]

ECA Notes:

– Owen Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “American Impressionism”, November 1 – December 17, 1994, #18, illustrated: color, shown as Cherry Tree in Bloom.
“The work is believed to have been executed in the artist’s backyard in Falls Village, Connecticut.”

Price History:

 

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.5280

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:
October 10, 2014

Last Update:
December 23, 2016