Emil Carlsen : Still life—goose and copper pot, ca.1883.

 

Still Life – Goose And Copper Pot, c.1883
Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Oil on canvas
25 x 35 inches | 18- 1/2 x 14- 1/2 inches

Signed: At lower left. ‘Emil. Carlsen.’

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Provenance:
xxxx Private collector?
c. 1976 Thomas Colville Fine Art, New York, NY
1976 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York (APG 513)
1968 Vose Galleries, Boston, MA
c.1883 Emil Carlsen, the artist

Exhibitions:
1976 Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, “American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies”, April 5–July 30.
1975 Wortsman Rowe Galleries, San Francisco, CA, “The Art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932”, January 10-February 21; Rubicon Gallery, Los Altos, CA, January 17-February 28; The El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, March 2-March 30; Robert Rice Gallery, Houston, TX, April 10-May; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY, June-July; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA, August 20-October 10; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, November-December.
1972 Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, “American Masters 1872-1972″, February 25 – March 26, (not used but submitted).

References:
– Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, “American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies”, April 5–July 30, 1976, page 37, #55, illustrated.
– Rubicon-Wortsman Pub., San Francisco, CA, Exhibition Catalog, ”Art of Emil Carlsen: 1853-1932”, 1975, #47.
– Antiques, February, 1973. Illustration: Antiques, February, 1973 (Ad).
– Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, Exhibition Catalog, “American Masters 1872-1972″, February 25 – March 26, 1972, (not used).

Notes:
– We had as part of the provenance: 1973 Newhouse Galleries, Inc., New York, New York 10021?
– Are there two versions of this one a study that is smaller?
– Hirschl & Adler Galleries provided provenance they knew on June 30. 2015 via email with Eric Baumgartner.
– Received information from Mary Villadsen, Associate Registrar of Collections and Loans from the Birmingham Museum of Art July 6, 2015.

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