Emil Carlsen : Salmagundi box (#14), 1915.

ECA record control number: 25124

Archives of American Art #:

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Salmagundi box (#14) [title assigned by ECA since no title known]

Alternate work titles:
2018 : Salmagundi box (#14) [title assigned by ECA since no title known]
1915 : #14

Work date: 1915 [date from article]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: custom composition oval box of lint, cement and glue
Work dimensions: 8 x 12 x approx. 8 inches

Inscribed / signed front: unknown.

Verso: unknown.

ECA category: Landscape?
ECA sub-category: Trees?

Archives of American Art subjects:

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
ca.1915 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1915 ( Reinhardt Galleries [1911-1937], 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY ) ;
1915 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1915 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, “Member painted Louis XVI-style jewel boxes [in lieu of the annual painted mug sale]”, March 8.

References / citations:
– New York Times, New York, NY, “Boxes that are worth their weight in gold : Salmagundi Club’s famous members have painted them and each is a work of art. Designed in Louis XVI style”, February 21, 1915, page SM18, not illustrated.

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ECA notes:

Price history:
1915 – $75 USD. [retail]

 

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=25124

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2018.25124

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:
March 3, 2018

Last updated: March 4, 2018 at 3:54 am