Emil Carlsen : Seaweed cart, Niles’s farm, Gloucester, 1879.
ECA record control number: 26645
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Seaweed cart, Niles’s farm, Gloucester [title from online auction catalog]
Alternate work titles:
2020 : Seaweed cart, Niles’s farm, Gloucester [title from online auction catalog]
Work date: 1879 [from front and back of canvas]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 10-1/4 x 12 inches
Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘EC. April. 79′.
Verso:
Marking type: Handwritten date, identification, location, and artist.
Location: At center back canvas [written vertically but hung horizontally].
Text: ’79 / 1. / SEAWEED CART / NILESS FARM- / GLOUCESTER- / S. Em. Carlsen’.
ECA category: People
ECA sub-category: Seaweed farmers
Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Farm > Harvesting
Occupation > Farming
Description of work:
Provenance / ownership:
2020 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2020 ( Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Fine Art [1971- ], 274 Cedar Hill Street, Marlborough, MA 01752 ) ;
ca.2020 Estate of [unknown], New York, NY ;
after 1879 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
1879 Emil Carlsen [1948-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
2020 Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Fine Art [1971- ], Marlborough, MA, “Fine paintings & sculpture – 3390B Marlborough”, May 31.
References / citations:
– Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Fine Art [1971- ], Marlborough, MA, online auction catalog, “Fine paintings & sculpture – 3390B Marlborough”, May 31, 2020, lot #338, illustrated : color.
Related works:
– Emil Carlsen : Seaweed gatherers, 1881. [similar cart for which this may have been a study]
ECA notes:
– Condition report : Lined, stretcher replaced, extremely minor drying cracks, minor retouch. [2020]
Price history:
2020 – $1,000 USD [auction] ;
Document information
Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=26645
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2020.26645
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 21, 2020
Last updated: July 17, 2020 at 16:49 pm