Emil Carlsen : Mist and rainbow, ca.1912.
ECA record control number: 2900
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Mist and rainbow
Alternate work titles:
2014: Mist and rainbow [ECA returned to original artist title]
2005: Niagara Falls with rainbow
1919: Mist and rainbow
Work date: ca.1912 [date based on known documented trip to Niagara Falls by the artist.]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 39 x 45 inches
Inscribed/signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown.
ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Falls
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Waterfall
Landscape — Waterfall — Niagara Falls
Description of work:
Provenance/ownership:
2005 Private collection of Owen Yost, Portland, OR ;
ca.1960s Private collection of Christina Johansson Robinowitz [?- ], Dallas, TX | AR | Sweden ;
ca.1960s Private collection of [unknown], Sweden ;
after ca.1924 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
ca.1912 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist ;
Exhibition history:
1924 The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “37th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture”, October 30 – December 14.
1922 Maryland Institute College of Art [1826- ], Baltimore, MD [through the Ferargil Galleries, NY], October 29 – [unknown date].
1921 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “Winter Exhibition”, December, 1921 – January, 1922.
1919 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “One Hundred and Fourteenth Annual Exhibition“, February 9 – March 30.
1912 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “114th Annual Exhibition”, February 9 – March 30.
References/citations:
– The Niagara Falls paintings of Emil Carlsen by by Valerie Ann Leeds
– The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, exhibition catalog, “The thirty-seventh annual exhibition of American paintings and sculpture”, October 30 – December 14, 1924, #37, not illustrated.
– The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, “Maryland Institute shows group of fine paintings : collection now on view at school galleries is first to be exhibited there this season and contains notable canvases”, October 29, 1922, page 39, not illustrated.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Winter exhibition”, December, 1921 – January, 1922, #257, not illustrated.
– Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, exhibition catalog, “One hundred and fourteenth annual exhibition“, February 9 – March 30, 1919, #243, illustrated: b&w.
– The American Magazine, New York, NY, “The Pennsylvania Academy’s annual exhibition” by Eugene Castello, April, 1919, volume 10, number 8.
Related works:
ECA notes:
– The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, “Maryland Institute shows group of fine paintings : collection now on view at school galleries is first to be exhibited there this season and contains notable canvases”, October 29, 1922, page 39, not illustrated.
…”Emil Carlsen, of Denmark, who was awarded the Inness prize and other prizes of equal distinction, has a truly magnificent painting, Mist and Rainbow, showing Niagara Falls in all their world-famous grandeur. Otis Skinner sat long, one afternoon during the past week, before this picture. Doubtless the dramatic strength of this wonder-scene of nature appeal to the actor’s own forceful and artistic personality. The same artist has two other lovely bits, “The Boat” and a landscape.”…
– The American Magazine, New York, NY, “The Pennsylvania Academy’s annual exhibition” by Eugene Castello, April, 1919, volume 10, number 8.
“…Beautiful natural phenomena are noted in Emil Carlsen’s painting of a cascade in “Mist and Rainbow…”
– Current owners framed using Whistler frame.
Price history:
Document information
Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2900
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.2900
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:
December 14, 2014
Last updated: February 19, 2018 at 14:34 pm