Emil Carlsen : Peonies and Kang Hsi vase, ca.1885.
ECA Record Control Number: 2253
Archives of American Art #: 61022466, 83940144
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Peonies and kang hsi vase
Alternate Work Titles:
2009: Peonies and kang hsi vase [from exhibition catalog]
1979: Kang-hsi porcelains [from auction catalog]
1978: Peonies and kang hsi vase [from exhibition catalog]
1972: Peonies bouquet [from exhibition catalog]
Work Date: ca.1885 [date based on subject matter and style]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 53 x 42 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Still life
ECA Sub-Category: Flowers
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Object
Object — Flower
Object — Flower — Peony
Still Life
Still Life — Flower
Still Life — Flower — Peony
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Orientalia
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
2009 ( Avery Galleries [2001- ], 100 Chetwynd Drive, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 | 50 E. 72nd Street, Apt. 2A, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
1979 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1979 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
ca.1978 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1971 ( Kennedy Galleries [1874-1912, 1916-2005, 2005- ] | Kennedy & Co. [1912-1916], 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 ) ;
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.1885 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
2012 Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA, “A class of their own: Philadelphia art collectors of the Gilded Age“, October 26 – November 24.
1978 ACA (Art Dealer’s Association of America, Inc.) Galleries, New York, NY, “American flower painting: 1850-1950“, April 1-22.
1979 Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, “American paintings sale”, 1979. no. 4236.
1975 Wortsman Rowe Galleries, San Francisco, CA, “The art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932“, January 10-February 21; Rubicon Gallery, Los Altos, CA, January 17-February 28; The El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, March 2-March 30; Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, TX, April 10-May; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY, June-July; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA, August 20-October 10; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, November-December.
1972 Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, “American masters 1872-1972“, February 25 – March 26.
References/Citations:
– Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA, exhibition catalog, “A class of their own: Philadelphia art collectors of the Gilded Age“, October 26 – November 24, 2012, #7, illustrated: color, page 24.
– Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, “American paintings sale”, 1979, lot #4236.
– ACA (Art Dealer’s Association of America, Inc.) Galleries, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “American flower painting: 1850-1950“, April 1-22, 1978, not illustrated.
– Rubicon-Wortsman Pub., San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, ”Art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932”, 1975, #38, illustrated: b&w.
– Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, exhibition catalog, “American masters 1872-1972“, February 25 – March 26, 1972, #21, illustrated: b&w.
– Kennedy Quarterly, volume 11, number 2, November, 1971, illustrated.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
– Received information from Mary Villadsen, Associate Registrar of Collections and Loans from the Birmingham Museum of Art July 6, 2015.
Price History:
Document Information
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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.2253
Digital Document Provenance:
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Record Birth Date:
July 14, 2015
Last Update:
March 26, 2017