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Emil Carlsen : Connecticut landscape, ca.1912.

Emil Carlsen Connecticut Landscape, ca.1912
Emil Carlsen Connecticut Landscape, ca.1912

 

ECA record control number: 5304

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Connecticut landscape

Alternate Work Titles:
ca.1986: Connecticut Landscape [from an exhibition catalog]
1926: Garden scenery [from auction catalog]

Work Date: ca.1912 [date based on general palette and style]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas.
Work Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches

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

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Trees

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

Description of Work:

‘A flat green meadow, the far edge bordered by trees; in the foreground three half-bare trunks with spreading branches, taking on new green foliage, and sheltering a wispy bush.’ – auction catalog

Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1987 Private collection of [unknown] .
ca. 1986 ( Cooley Gallery, Inc. [1981- ], 25 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT 06371 | 332 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 06089 ) ;
1926 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1926 ( 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.1912 Private collection of Samuel T. Shaw [1861-1945], New York, NY ;
ca.1912 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1986 The Old State House, Hartford, CT, “American paintings, 1850-1980 : paintings from The Cooley Gallery“, September 23 – November 9.
1926 American Art Association [1883-1964], New York, NY, “The Samuel T. Shaw collection“, January 16-22.

References/Citations:
– Antiques magazine ad provided by Amon Carter Center, Fort Worth, TX, January, 1987, page 69, illustrated: color.
– The Old State House, Hartford, CT, exhibition catalog, “American Paintings, 1850-1980 : paintings from The Cooley Gallery“, September 23 – November 9, 1986, illustrated: color on page 14.
– American Art Association [1883-1964], New York, NY, auction catalog, “The Samuel T. Shaw collection“, January 16-22, 1926, lot #125, not illustrated.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:

Price History:
1926 – [unknown] [auction]

 

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.5304

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 12, 2014

Last updated: March 7, 2018 at 22:23 pm