Emil Carlsen : Still-life cod, 1894.
Archives of American Art #: 03940012
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Still life cod
Alternate Work Titles:
2014: Still life cod [ECA omitted the dash for ease]
1971: Still life-cod [from american art inventories website]
1931: Still-life [from museum website]
Work Date: 1894 [date from museum website & front of canvas.]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 16 x 26 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil Carlsen 94.’.
Verso:
Marking Type: Black thick marker
Location: At lower left canvas verso.
Text: ‘640’.
Marking Type: Black thin marker
Location: At lower left canvas stretcher verso.
Text: ’31:37′.
Marking Type: Etching in wood
Location: Upper right canvas verso wood stretcher.
Text: ’31:37′. ‘3.7J?’.
Marking Type: Printed white label with black print, ca.1926
Location: At center canvas verso.
Text: ‘Acq. No. 31:37 / TITLE “STILL LIFE: COD” / Date 1853-1932 / Artist CARLSEN, Emil J. / Period Contemporary / Nationality AMERICAN / Medium OIL / Canvas Size 16 x 26″W Frame Size 33 x 23-1/4″W / Property of The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, California / If this is reproduced ? ? / The Fine Arts Galleries of San Diego / FILE American Oils’.
Marking Type: Printed faded and torn white label with red? print, ca.1926
Location: At center left canvas verso.
Text: ‘Fine Arts Galle / San Diego, Calif.’.
Marking Type: Printed faded and torn white label with red border
Location: At lower left canvas wood stretcher verso.
Text: ‘[shows marked out label with no type]’.
Marking Type: Printed white label with black type, ca.1930s
Location: At lower right canvas wood stretcher verso.
Text: ‘PROPERTY OF THE FINE ARTS SOCIETY / OF SAN DIEGO / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACQ. NO 32 : 37’.
Marking Type: Unidentified hang tag
Location: At center right frame verso on eye hook.
Text: ‘[blank?]’.
ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Fish
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Fish
Still Life
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Fish
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
1931 ( San Diego Museum of Art [1926- ], Balboa Park, 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92102 (accession #1931.37) ) ;
1928 Private collection of Mary C Smart [1861-1949], San Diego, CA ;
after 1894 Private collection of Dr. Robert Smart [1872-1928] & Mary C Smart [1861-1949], San Diego, CA ;
1894 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
2010-2011 San Diego Museum of Art [1926- ], San Diego, CA, “Art of the United States from the San Diego Museum of Art, The San Diego Museum of Art”, November 6, 2010 – February 9, 2011.
1926 San Diego Museum of Art [1926- ], San Diego, CA, “Inaugural Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego”, February 26 – March 31.
References/Citations:
– 2012 Collaboration In three parts: Forms at the San Diego Museum of Art, Figures at the Timken, Museum of Art, and Frontiers at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ; Collection Checklist, 2012 [published for internal use only but accessed online with no restrictions via Google].
– Owner ship confirmed in 1971 by San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92101 to the American Art Archives, Smithsonian.
– San Diego Museum of Art [1926- ], San Diego, CA, “Inaugural Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego”, February 26 – March 31, 1926, illustrated: b&w on page 34, #12.
Related Works:
ECA Notes:
– Not on view.
Price History:
Document Information
Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1889
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.1889
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:
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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 5, 2014
Last Update:
March 21, 2017