Emil Carlsen : Russet plains, ca.1905.

ECA record control number: 35368

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Russet plains  [named by auction house]

Alternate work titles:
2025 : Russet plains  [named by auction house]
2018 : Landscape [haystack harvest] [name clarification added by ECA]
2018 : Landscape

Work date: ca.1905 [date based on subject matter similar to known haystack paintings]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on board
Work dimensions: 13-1/2 x 17-3/4 inches [unframed] | 21 x 25 inches [frame]

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

Verso: unknown

ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Pastoral

Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Farm
Landscape — Season
Landscape — Season — Autumn
Occupation
Occupation — Farm
Occupation — Farm — Harvesting

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2025 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2025 ( Clars Auction Gallery [1948- ], 5644 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609 )
2018 Private collection of Patrick Gilligan [b.1946- ] & Shelley Gilligan [b.1948- ], San Francisco, CA ;
2018 ( Leslie Hindman Auctioneers [1982- ], 1338 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607 ) ;
after ca.1905 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1905 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2025 Clars Auction Gallery [1948- ], Oakland, CA, “Modern design, art, jewelry and Asian auction”, July 18.
2018 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers [1982- ], Chicago, IL, “Sale #572 – American and European art”, May 24.

References / citations:
– Clars Auction Gallery [1948- ], Oakland, CA, “Modern design, art, jewelry and Asian auction”, July 18, 2025, lot 319, illustrated : color online.
– Leslie Hindman Auctioneers [1982- ], Chicago, IL, online auction catalog, “Sale #572 – American and European art”, May 24, 2018, lot #23, illustrated : color.

Related works:

ECA notes:
– CONDITION REPORT : Minor surface dirt; under UV, minor points of inpainting to lower left quadrant. Otherwise no visible issues.

Price history:
2025 – $2,948 USD [auction] ;
2018 – $1,500 USD [auction] ;

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=35368

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2018.35368

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:
May 26, 2018

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