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Emil Carlsen : Connecticut hillside, 1920.

Emil Carlsen : Connecticut hillside, 1920.
Emil Carlsen : Connecticut hillside, 1920.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 3193

Archives of American Art #: JUL J0047772 [Digital Photo Archives], JUL J0047840 [Digital Photo Archives]

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable work

Work Title: Connecticut hillside

Alternate Work Titles:
2016: Connecticut hillside [from auction catalog]
1997: Connecticut hillside [from thesis]
1980: Connecticut hillside [from exhibition catalog & magazine article]
1933: Connecticut hillside [from exhibition catalog]
1923: Connecticut hillside [from exhibition catalog]
1921: Connecticut hillside [from exhibition catalog]

Work Date: 1920 [date comes from 1980 article]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 29-1/4 x 27-3/8 | 30 x 30 inches

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

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Hills

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Mountain
Landscape — Tree

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
2016 ( Thomas Colville Fine Arts [1973- ], 111 Old Quarry Road, Guilford, CT 06437 | 1000 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10075 ) ;
2016 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
1930 ( Art Institute of Chicago [1879- ], 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, Walter H. Schulze Memorial Collection (Accession #1930.350 ; de-accessioned April, 2016) ) ;
ca.1923 Private collection of Paul Schulze, Jr. [1895-1959] and Grace [Gracemary] (Cook) Schulze [1905-1972], donated to the Art Institute of Chicago in honor of their soldier son, Walter H. Schulze [1893-1919], Chicago, IL ;
1921 ( Macbeth Gallery, The [1892-1953], 237 Fifth Avenue in New York [1892-1905] | 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY [1906-1923] | 15 East Fifty-seventh Street [1924-1934] | 11 East Fifty-seventh Street [1935-1953] ) ;
1920 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
2016 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “American art“, sale #9563, October 20.
1980 William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Stores, CT, “Connecticut and American Impressionism”, March 17 – May 30.
1933 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “A century of progress: exhibition of paintings & sculpture“, June 1 – November 1.
1923 The Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, “Exhibition of oil paintings by Lilian Westcott Hale, Emil Carlsen, and Charles H. Davis“, February 24 – March 18.
1921 Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Recent paintings by Emil Carlsen N.A. “, February 9-28.

References/Citations:
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sales catalog, “American art“, sale #9563, October 20, 2016, lot #63, illustrated: color on page 50.
– “Soren Emil Carlsen: the hammershoi of Manhattan” by Kim Lykke Jensen, Narayana Press, Gylling, Denmark, 2008, illustrated: color, page 73, figure 55.
– “Emil Carlsen (1853-1932) as landscape painter: a chronological introduction to some of the major works and their critical reception” by Valerie Leeds, spring, 1997.
– William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Stores, CT, “Connecticut and American impressionism”, March 17 – May 30, 1980.
– Art & Antiques, “Emil Carlsen: lyrical impressionist” by Gertrude Sill, March-April, 1980, pg. 88-95, not illustrated, pg. 92.
– Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, exhibition catalog, “A century of progress: exhibition of paintings & sculpture“, June 1 – November 1, 1933, #436, not illustrated.
– The Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, exhibition catalog, “Exhibition of oil paintings by Lilian Westcott Hale, Emil Carlsen, and Charles H. Davis“, February 24 – March 18, 1923, #11, not illustrated.
– The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Recent paintings by Emil Carlsen N.A. “, February 9-28, 1921, #11, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0047772, #JUL J0047840
Emil-Carlsen-CT-Hillside-1

Related Works:
– Connecticut hillside, ca.1925 [Similar composition and location]

ECA Notes:

– Art & Antiques, “Emil Carlsen: lyrical impressionist” by Gertrude Sill, March-April, 1980, pg. 88-95, illustrated: color.
…”The undulating landscape in Connecticut hillside (1920) illustrates Isham’s analysis. It is reduced to blocks of color, all low key in tonality with only a block of rusty red—a barn—to arrest the eye in the center of the canvas.”…

Price History:
2016 – $30,000 USD (Auction)

 

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.3193

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:
March 2, 2014

Last Update:
May 10, 2017