Emil Carlsen : Pears in a bowl with plums, 1894.

Emil Carlsen [1848-1932] : Pears in a bowl with plums, 1894.

ECA record control number: 32903

Archives of American Art #: [none]

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Pears in a bowl with plums [title from auction catalog]

Alternate work titles:
1989 : Pears in a bowl with plums [title from auction catalog]

Work date: 1894

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas laid on board
Work dimensions: 12 x 20 inches [unframed] | 21 x 29 x 3-1/2 inches [framed]

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen 94.’.

Verso:
Marking type:
Location:
Text: ‘ ‘.

ECA category: Still-life
ECA sub-category: Kitchen

Archives of American Art subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Fruit
Still Life — Fruit — Apple
Still Life — Fruit — Pear

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2025 [tba] ;
2025 [ Shannon’s [1997- ], 354 Woodmont Rd, Milford, CT 06460 ] ;
1989 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1989 [ Doyle Auctions [1962- ], 175 E 87th St, New York, NY 10128 ] ;
ca.1980s [ Thomas Colville Fine Arts [1973- ], 111 Old Quarry Road, Guilford, CT 06437 | 1000 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10075 ] ;
after 1894 Private collection of [unknown], CT ;
1894 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist.

Exhibition history:
2025 Shannon’s [1997- ], Milford, CT, “#0525 Fine Art Auction”, May 8.
1989 Doyle Auction House, New York, NY, “sale”, April 5.

References / citations:
– Shannon’s [1997- ], Milford, CT, “#0525 Fine Art Auction”, May 8, 2025, lot #46.
– Doyle Auction House, New York, NY. sale catalogue, April 5, 1989, lot #23.
– [Unknown magazine ad], 1989.

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ECA notes:

Price history:
2025 : [tba – $8,000-$12,000 estimate] [auction]
1989 : $22,000 USD [auction]

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=32903

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2025.32903

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.

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