Emil Carlsen : Evening light, 1930.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 3289

Archives of American Art #: 83940040

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Evening light

Alternate Work Titles:
1975: Evening light [from exhibition catalog]
1931: Evening light [from exhibition catalog]
1930: Evening light [from exhibition catalog]

Work Date: 1930 [date from front of canvas]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas laid down on masonite
Work Dimensions: 59 x 47-1/2 inches | 58 x 48 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1930.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Pastoral

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Farm
Landscape — Mountain
Landscape — Time — Dusk
Occupation
Occupation — Farm

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
ca.1975 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1975 ( Wortsman/Rowe Fine Arts, Inc. [1972-1975], 516 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94102 ) ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of 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 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
1931 ( Warren E. Cox Galleries [1928-1931], 744 Madison Avenue, New York, NY ) ;
1930 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1975 Wortsman Rowe Galleries, San Francisco, CA, “The art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932“, January 10-February 21; Rubicon Gallery, Los Altos, CA, January 17-February 28; The El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, March 2-March 30; Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, TX, April 10-May; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY, June-July; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA, August 20-October 10; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, November-December.
1931 Warren E. Cox Galleries, 744 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, “Exhibition of Paintings by Emil Carlsen and Dines Carlsen”, February 2-28.
1930 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “105th annual exhibition (winter)“, November 15 – December 1.

References/Citations:
– Rubicon-Wortsman Pub., San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, ”The art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932“, 1975, #45.
– “Archive of works by Emil Carlsen compiled by Dines Carlsen”, 24 pages, hand-drawn sketches and notes probably by Dines, provided by Linda Hay, ca.1930s, illustrated: b&w, page 11.
– Warren E. Cox Galleries, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Exhibition of paintings by Emil Carlsen and Dines Carlsen”, February 2-28, 1931, #9, not illustrated.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “105th annual exhibition (winter)“, November 15 – December 1. #132, not illustrated.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:
– Painted in Falls Village, CT in 1930.

Price History:

 

Document Information

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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.3289

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:
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Record Birth Date:
August 31, 2014

Last Update:
April 28, 2017