Emil Carlsen : Still life [mallard, grouse, small game birds and copper pots], ca.1897.
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ECA Record control number: 2069
Archives of American Art #: 63001127
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Still life [mallard, grouse, small game birds and copper pots]
Alternate work titles:
2017: Still life [mallard, grouse, small game birds and copper pots] [ECA renamed to clarify title from similar newly uncovered composition]
2014: Still life with mallards [and copper pots] [ECA added to title for clarity]
2005: Still life with mallards [from auction catalog]
1999: Still life with mallards [from auction catalog]
1994: Still life with mallards [from auction catalog]
after ca.1987: Still life with mallards [from gallery label on verso]
1981: Still life [from auction catalog]
1980: Still life [from auction catalog]
Work date: ca.1897 [date based on other known paintings with exact same birds]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 17 x 29 inches | 17 x 29-3/4 inches
Inscribed/signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’
Verso: unknown
ECA category: Still life
ECA sub-category: Game
Archives of American Art subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Duck
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware
Description of work:
Provenance/ownership:
2017 Private collection of Patrick Gilligan [b.1946- ] & Shelley Gilligan [b.1948- ], San Francisco, CA ;
2017 ( Bonhams [1793- ], 580 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 | 220 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103 ) ;
2005 Private collection of [unknown], NV ;
2005 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
1999 Private collection of [unknown], MN ;
1999 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
1994 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 [unsold] ) ;
after ca.1987 ( Koch Art Center-Koch Galleries [1987-2016], 505 Saint Louis Street, Mobile, AL 36602 | 162 Lawrence Street, Mobile, AL 36602 ) ;
1981 Private collection of Alice Treet [?-?], Fern Park, FL ;
1981 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
1980 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
1980 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
ca.1930s Private collection of Dr. Nathaniel “Nat” H. Schwartz [1901-1998], Port Chester, NY ;
ca.1892 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1897 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
2017 Bonhams, San Francisco, CA, “sale”, June 5-6.
2005 Christie’s, New York, NY, “sale”, March 3.
1999 Christie’s, New York, NY, “sale”, January 12.
1994 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “sale”, September 21.
1981 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “sale”, May 29.
1980 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “sale”, December 4.
References/citations:
– Bonhams, San Francisco, CA, “sale”, June 5-6, 2017, lot #348.
– Christie’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, March 3, 2005, lot #16.
– Christie’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, January 12, 1999, lot #47.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, September 21, 1994, lot #130.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, sale #4628 M, May 29, 1981, lot #16.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “sale”, sale #4486m, December 4, 1980, lot #9.
Related works:
– Still life with dead fowl, ca.1897.
– Still life [mallard, grouse, timberdoodle and copper pots], 1897.
ECA notes:
Price history:
2017 – $3,150 USD. [auction]
2005 – $7,800 USD. [auction]
1999 – $11,500 USD. [auction]
1994 – [unsold] [auction]
1981 – $5,250 USD. [auction]
Document information
Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2069
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.2069
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:
February 4, 2014
Last updated: October 25, 2017 at 16:46 pm