Emil Carlsen : On the beach, ca.1909.
ECA Record Control Number: 9060
Archives of American Art #: JUL J0046824 [Digital Photo Archive]
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: On The Beach
Alternate Work Titles:
ca.1909: On The Beach [from photographer negative]
Work Date: ca.1909 [date based on painting style/technique]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 20 x 24 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown.
ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Dunes
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Beach
Landscape — Rocks
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast
Description of Work:
“Brilliant blue sea and sky in the height of summer; above are billows of light cumulus cloud. The foreground is of sand, with round masses of rock at the right uncovered by the ebbing tide.” [from auction catalog]
Provenance/Ownership:
1929 unknown .
1929 ( American Art Association [1883-1964], [1922-1964] Madison Ave and 56th Street, New York, NY 10018 | [1883-1922] 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square), New York, NY 10010 ) ;
ca.1928 Estate of George Barr McCutcheon [1866-1928], New York, NY ;
ca.1926 Private collection of George Barr McCutcheon [1866-1928], New York, NY ;
ca.1917 Estate of William Macbeth [1851-1917], New York, NY ;
ca.1909 Private collection of William Macbeth [1851-1917], New York, NY ;
ca.1909 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
1929 American Art Association, New York, NY, “The George Barr McCutcheon Collection of Paintings“, January 26-31.
References/Citations:
– American Art Association, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “The George Barr McCutcheon Collection of Paintings“, January 26-31, 1929, lot#32, page 72-73, illustrated: b&w on 73.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0046824.
– Artist Vertical Files, American Art/Portrait Gallery Library, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Related Works:
– Low Tide, ca.1911 [similar composition]
ECA Notes:
– American Art Association, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “The George Barr McCutcheon Collection of Paintings“, January 26-31, 1929, lot#32, page 72-73, illustrated: b&w on 73.
“Brilliant blue sea and sky in the height of summer; above are billows of light cumulus cloud. The foreground is of sand, with round masses of rock at the right uncovered by the ebbing tide.”
Price History:
1929 – $850 USD. [auction]
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.9060
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:
November 21, 2016
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