Emil Carlsen : Moonlight on a calm sea, ca.1916.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 4496

Archives of American Art #: JUL J0046818 [digital photo archive]

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Moonlight on a Calm Sea

Alternate Work Titles:
1997: Moonlight [from research paper]
1917: A Marine [from magazine article caption]
1916: Moonlight on a Calm Sea [from exhibition catalog]

Work Date: ca.1916 [date based on first known exhibition date.]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 58 x 47 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Calm Seas

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Waterscape
Waterscape — Sea

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
2014 Private collection of [unknown] .
by 1917 ( Corcoran Gallery of Art [1869-2014], 500 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006 ) ;
ca.1916 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1916 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “Ninety-First Annual Exhibition“, March 18 – April 23.

References/Citations:
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “The Rarities Auction (selling Emil Carlsen’s Medal)“, October 1, 2015, Lot #6, pages 16-17, illustrated: color.
– “Emil Carlsen (1853-1932) As Landscape Painter: A Chronological Introduction to Some of the Major Works and Their Critical Reception” by Valerie Leeds, Spring, 1997, pg 18-19.
– Catalogue of the paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art by Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1917.
– The International Studio, “Emil Carlsen” by Duncan Phillips, June, 1917, Volume 61, Number 244, page 105-110, illustrated: B&W, page 108.
– The International Studio, “Springtime at the Academy” by W. H. de B. Nelson, May, 1916, Volume 58, #88.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Ninety-First Annual Exhibition“, March 18 – April 23, 1916, #366, not illustrated, won Saltus Medal.
– Forum, “Morituri Salutamus”, May, 1916, Volume 55, pg. 607.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0046818.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:
– Awarded the Saltus Medal

Price History:

 

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.4496

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:
April 24, 2015

Last Update:
January 13, 2017