Emil Carlsen : Hanging cod and lobster, ca.1888.
ECA record control number: 1886
Archives of American Art #: 61519360
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Hanging cod and lobster
Alternate work titles:
1979: Hanging cod and lobster [from auction catalog]
1888: Cod fish [from exhibition catalog] [possibly]
Work date: ca.1888 [date based on possibly being winning entry in Mechanics exhibition in 1888 Cod]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 25 x 17 inches
Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen’.
Verso: unknown
ECA category: Still-life
ECA sub-category: Fish
Archives of American Art subjects:
Animal
Animal — Fish
Still Life
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Fish
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware
Description of work:
Provenance / ownership:
1979 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1979 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
after ca.1888 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1888 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
1979 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “Sale number 4290”, October 25.
1888 Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, CA, “Twenty-third industrial exhibition of the Mechanics’ Institute of the city of San Francisco“, August 7 – September 15. [possibly]
References / citations:
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale number 4290”, October 25, 1979, lot #154, illustrated: b&w.
– Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, CA, “Twenty-third industrial exhibition of the Mechanics’ Institute of the city of San Francisco“, August 7 – September 15, 1888, un-numbered, not illustrated, shown as Cod fish. [possibly]
Related works:
– Day’s catch, ca.1892.
ECA notes:
– This maybe the prize winning Cod fish, 1888 from an exhibition at Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Price history:
Document information
Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1886
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.1886
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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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:
February 5, 2014
Last updated: February 27, 2018 at 19:13 pm