Emil Carlsen : Moonlight, ca.1901.
ECA Record Control Number: 18171
Archives of American Art #: 19660318
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Moonlight
Alternate Work Titles:
2017: Moonlight [from museum information]
Work Date: ca.1901 [date based on first exhibition of the painting]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 25 x 30-1/16 inches | 25 x 30 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category:Landscape
ECA Sub-Category:Trees
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Forest
Landscape — Rocks
Landscape — Time
Landscape — Time — Night
Landscape — Tree
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
1973 ( Washington County Museum of Fine Arts [1929- ], 401 Museum Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21741, Gift of Sidney Alfred Levyne [1903-ca.1973], Baltimore, MD (Accession #A1759, 73.0011) ) ;
ca.1950s Private collection of Sidney Alfred Levyne [1903-ca.1973], Baltimore, MD ;
ca.1950s ( [unknown dealer] ) ;
ca.1901 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1901 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
2003-2004 Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, “Artists of the Salmagundi Club from the Museum’s permanent collection”, December 20, 2003 – February 1, 2004.
1901 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “Seventieth Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts“, January 14 – February 23.
References/Citations:
– “Photographing the collection.” by Lauren Ippolito. WCMFA blog. Updated November 20, 2012. Accessed January 20, 2017. http://wcmfa.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html
– Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: The Permanent Collection by Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 1979, #38, illustrated.
– Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition catalog, “Seventieth Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts“, January 14 – February 23, 1901, #406, not illustrated.
Related Works:
– Night, Old Windham, 1904
ECA Notes:
Price History:
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2017.18171
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:
January 20, 2017
Last Update:
March 24, 2017
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