Emil Carlsen : Midsummer moonlight, ca.1920.

 

Midsummer Moonlight (also called The Valley-Moonlight), c.1920
Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Oil on canvas
34 x 32 inches

Signed: At lower right. ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Archives of American Art #: 73530026

Provenance:
c.2006 Thomas Colville Fine Art [1972- ], Madison Ave, New York, NY
1989 Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue at 72nd Street, New York, NY 10021
1980 Private collection of William J. Johnson, New England
1921 The Macbeth Gallery [1892-1953], 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
c.1906 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist

Exhibitions:
1989 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, May 24.
1932 The Macbeth Gallery, 15 East 57th Street, New York, NY, “Forty Years of American Art (1892-1932)“, April 11-30.
1921 The Macbeth Gallery, 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, “Recent Paintings by Emil Carlsen, N.A.”, February 9 – February 28.

References:
– Unknown Magazine Ad, 1990.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Sales Catalog, May 24, 1989, Lot #97.
– Nicholas Chilcott, William J. Johnson Collection, 1980.
– The Macbeth Gallery, 15 East 57th Street, New York, NY, “Forty Years of American Art (1892-1932)”, April 11-30, 1932, Shown as “The Valley – Moonlight”, #3, not illustrated.
– The Macbeth Gallery, 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, “Recent Paintings by Emil Carlsen, N.A.”, February 9 – February 28, 1921, #

Notes:

Price:
1989 – $27,500 USD.