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Emil Carlsen : Pot and onions, ca.1920.

Emil Carlsen : Pot and onions, ca.1920.
Emil Carlsen : Pot and onions, ca.1920.

 

Archives of American Art #:

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Pot and onions [title from owner]

Alternate work titles:
1920 : Pot and onions [title from owner]

Work date: ca.1920 [based on year it was purchased from Macbeth Gallery]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions:15 x 18 inches [unframed] | 25-1/2 x 28-1/2 inches [framed]

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Verso: [Unknown]

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

Archives of American Art subjects:
Object
Object — Vegetable
Object — Vegetable — Onion
Still Life
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Foodstuff
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware
Still Life — Vegetable
Still Life — Vegetable — Onion

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2001 Private collection of Andrew Doyle Ryan [b.1965], Pottstown, PA, by descent ;
1948 Private collection of Oscar Doyle Johnson Jr [1907-1986] & Marian Barclay Johnson (1908-2001), NY & PA, by descent ;
1920 Private collection of Vivian (Dinsmore) Doyle Johnson [1878-1948] & William Jasper Johnson [1860-1942], Philadelphia, PA, art dealer, purchased December 3, 1920 ;
ca.1920 ( Macbeth Gallery, The [1892-1953], [1935-1953] 11 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1924-1934] 15 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1906-1923] 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY | [1892-1905] 237 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY ) ;
ca.1920 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1921 W J Johnson art dealer, Uniontown, PA, “Collection of paintings assembled by W J Johnson, Uniontown, PA”, [unknown date].

References / citations:
– W J Johnson art dealer, Uniontown, PA, “Collection of paintings assembled by W J Johnson, Uniontown, PA”, [unknown day/month], 1921, #13, not illustrated.

Related works:
Still life iron kettle and onions, 1925. [uses the same caldron]

ECA notes:
– Information sent via snail mail rcvd on February 24, 2021 direct from current owner. Information and letter provided.

Price history:
ca.1920 – [unknown] ;

 

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=27057

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2021.27057

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:
February 24, 2021

Last updated: February 26, 2021 at 20:59 pm