Emil Carlsen : Early October, 1919/1923.
ECA Record Control Number: 6516
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Early October
Alternate Work Titles:
2015: Early October [from online exhibition catalog]
1922: Wood Interior [from exhibition catalog]
1919: Early October [from work verso in artist’s own hand]
Work Date: 1919/1923
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 20-1/4 x 16 inches
Inscribed/Signed:
Location: At lower left and verso.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’. On verso ‘Painted at Ogunquit/Early October 1919./Emil. Carlsen./February 8th, 1923.’
ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Forest
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Forest
Landscape — Maine
Landscape — Maine — Ogunquit
Landscape — Season
Landscape — Season — Autumn
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
ca.2016 Private collection, Santa Monica, CA .
2015 ( [Thomas G.] Davies Fine Art [ca.2007 but has been an art dealer since ca.1968], 58 Beacon Hill, New Canaan, CT 006840 ) ;
2015 ( Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Fine Art [1971- ], 63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116 | 274 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough, MA 01752 | 130 Miracle Mile, Suite #220, Coral Gables, FL 33134 | 415 Madison Avenue, #1418, New York, NY 10017 ) ;
ca.1980s Private collection of a Massachusetts family, MA ;
ca.1980s ( Cooley Gallery, Inc. [1981- ], 25 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT 06371 ) ;
ca.1923 unknown .
ca.1923 ( The Macbeth Gallery [1892-1953], 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY ) ;
1923 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
2015 Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Fine Art, Boston, MA, “Fine Paintings and Sculpture (Sale #2779B)“, January 23.
ca.1980s The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT, “unknown exhibition”, unknown date. [based on Skinner’s exhibition catalog notation of labels on the back]
1922 The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Sixth Exhibition of ‘Intimate Paintings‘”, November 21 – December 11, shown as Wood Interior (12), 20×16, $1,575 USD. [This citation is based on the works correct size of canvas, date, and subject title. It would need further cross confirmation]
References/Citations:
– Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Fine Art, Boston, MA, Exhibition Catalog, “Fine Paintings and Sculpture (Sale #2779B)“, January 23, 2015, Sale #2779B, Lot #420, page 79, illustrated: Color.
Related Works:
In The Maine Woods, ca.1923 [similar color and stlye]
Autumn Wood Interior, Ogunquit, Maine, 1920 [similar color and style]
ECA Notes:
– Skinner Condition Report, 2015: Stable craquelure.
– Received email from Robyn G. Peterson, Executive Director, Yellowstone Art Museum that the painting had been sold by Thom Davis dated December 1, 2016 at 6:02PM.
Price History:
2015 – $13,530 USD (Auction)
1922 – $1,575 USD (Retail) [Worth approx. $21,533.35 in 2016]
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.6516
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:
November 22, 2014
Last Update:
December 1, 2016