Emil Carlsen : Morning sunlight, ca.1905.
ECA record control number: 6370
Archives of American Art #: JUL J0047776 [digital photo archive]
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Morning sunlight
Alternate work titles:
2017: Morning sunlight [from auction catalog]
2014: Morning sunlight [ECA returned to name artist’s son noted]
1980: Woodland scene [from magazine article caption]
ca.1930s: Morning sunlight [from Dines Carlsen notebook]
ca.1930s: Morning [from photograph in AAA digital archive]
Work Date: ca.1905 [date based on palette and technique – colors match almost exactly several other paintings from this known date.]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 29 x 23 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Forest
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Forest
Landscape — Maine
Landscape — Maine — Ogunquit
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
2017 [tba]
2017 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
1980 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
1980 ( Grand Central Art Galleries [1923-1966], 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY | Fifth Avenue at 51st Street, New York, NY | 55 East 57th Street, New York, NY ) ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
before 1966 Estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
ca.1905 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1932 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, “Paintings and Sculpture by the Society of Scandinavian American Artists with a Memorial Group of Paintings by Emil Carlsen with works by Dines Carlsen“, April 12 – May 15.
1932 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, “Exhibition of paintings by American impressionists and other artists of the period : 1880-1900”, January 18 – February 28.
1923 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “The painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29.
References/Citations:
– Art & Antiques, “Emil Carlsen : lyrical impressionist” by Gertrude Sill, March-April, 1980, pages 88-95, illustrated: color, page 94.
– “Archive of works by Emil Carlsen compiled by Dines Carlsen“, 24 pages, hand-drawn sketches and notes probably by Dines, provided by Linda Hay, ca.1930s, illustrated: b&w, page 6.
– Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, exhibition catalog, “Exhibition of paintings by American impressionists and other artists of the period : 1880-1900”, January 18 – February 28, 1932, #5.
– Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, exhibition catalog, “The painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29, 1923, #53, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0047776.
Related Works:
– Meadow brook, 1905.
ECA Notes:
– Painted in Ogunquit, ME [according to the artist’s son, Dines’ note book]
– Condition report : Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
Price History:
2017 – [tba] [auction]
Document Information
Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=6370
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.6370
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:
November 20, 2014
Last updated: August 1, 2017 at 18:24 pm