Emil Carlsen : Connecticut hillside, ca.1925.
ECA Record Control Number: 7895
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Connecticut hillside
Alternate Work Titles:
Connecticut hills
Work Date: ca.1925 [based on Dines journal of his father’s works – see reference below]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 43 x 50 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front: unknown
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Hills
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Mountain
Description of Work:
…”…Emil Carlsen in Connecticut Hillside, No. 18, blanches his blues and greens into an opaquely silvery version of reality. He justifies his imposition of color by sustaining the whole in a piercing key.”…
– Pittsburgh Daily Post, Pittsburgh, PA, “International art show continues to attract attention” by Penelope Redd Jones, Sunday, October 31, 1926, page 60, not illustrated.
Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1975 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ; [citation needs confirmation]
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ; [citation needs confirmation]
before 1966 Estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ; [citation needs confirmation]
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ; [citation needs confirmation]
ca.1925 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1977 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, “Pere et fils: Art of Emil and Dines Carlsen“, August 20 – October 23.
1926 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, “International Exhibition of Paintings”, October 14 – December 5.
1926 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “121st Annual Exhibition”, January 31 – March 21.
References/Citations:
– “Archive of Works by Emil Carlsen Compiled by Dines Carlsen”, 24 pages, hand-drawn sketches and notes probably by Dines, provided by Linda Hay, c1960, illustrated: B&W, page 4.
– Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, exhibition catalog, “Pere et fils: Art of Emil and Dines Carlsen“, August 20 – October 23, 1977, #38, not illustrated. [size is 1 inch off]
– Pittsburgh Daily Post, Pittsburgh, PA, “International art show continues to attract attention” by Penelope Redd Jones, Sunday, October 31, 1926, page 60, not illustrated.
– Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, exhibition catalog, “International Exhibition of Paintings”, October 14 – December 5, 1926, #18, not illustrated.
– Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, exhibition catalog, “121st Annual Exhibition”, January 31 – March 21, 1926, #?, not illustrated.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
– Painted in Falls Village, CT.
– Pittsburgh Daily Post, Pittsburgh, PA, “International art show continues to attract attention” by Penelope Redd Jones, Sunday, October 31, 1926, page 60, not illustrated.
…”…Emil Carlsen in Connecticut Hillside, No. 18, blanches his blues and greens into an opaquely silvery version of reality. He justifies his imposition of color by sustaining the whole in a piercing key.”…
Price History:
Document Information
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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.7895
Digital Document Provenance:
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Record Birth Date:
August 2, 2014
Last Update:
March 14, 2017