Emil Carlsen : Still life with brass pot, 1902.
Still Life With Brass Pot (aka: The Big Black Kettle), 1902
Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Oil on canvas
27 x 29 inches
Signed: At lower right. ‘Emil Carlsen’.
ECA Control #: 1960
Archives of American Art #: -none-
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Duck
Still Life
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware
Description:
“Quality, quality, nothing but quality—a painter’s picture—which they, always, must be only thankful to enjoy who have learned how to let the subtle appeal of such still life surface stir their emotions into placid pleasure. In the title is the whole picture, yet who but a painter and those the painters have taught—or those, more fortunate, born with the feeling for these natural effects, of which art is the hand-maiden and interpreter to the general—sees unaided the soft charm and allure of this dull lustre of metal? For emphasis, contrast and relief, there is depicted near by, on the same table, a blue-and-white pitcher and other occasional objects, the pitcher rendered with the same sympathetic and appreciative sense of quality and form.” [from American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Valuable Paintings and Water Colors Forming The Private Collection of William Merritt Chase, N.A.“, March 7-8, 1912, #70, not illustrated.]
Provenance:
1987 Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
1912 Private collection of F. A. Vanderlife?, New York, NY [written in auction catalog margin]
1912 American Art Association [1883-1964], [1922-1964] Madison Ave and 56th Street, New York, NY 10018 | [1883-1922] 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square), New York, NY 10010
1902 Private collection of William Merritt Chase [1849-1916], New York, NY
1902 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist
Title History:
1912: The Big Black Kettle [from auction catalog]
1905: The Sooty Kettle [from book on exhibition]
Exhibitions:
1987 Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center, NY, “Sale”, May 29.
1912 American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York, NY, “Valuable Paintings and Water Colors Forming The Private Collection of William Merritt Chase, N.A.“, March 7-8.
1904 St. Louis Fairgrounds, St. Louis, MO, “Louisiana Purchase International Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair)”, April 30-December 1.
References:
– Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center, NY, Sale Cat., May 29, 1987, Lot #83.
– American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Valuable Paintings and Water Colors Forming The Private Collection of William Merritt Chase, N.A.“, March 7-8, 1912, #70, not illustrated.
– “Louisiana and The Fair: An Exposition of the World Its People and Their Achievements” edited by J. W. Buel, ph. D, World’s Progress Publishing Co., St. Louis, MO, 1905.
– St. Louis Fairgrounds, St. Louis, MO, Exhibition Catalog, “Louisiana Purchase International Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair)”, April 30-December 1, 1904, #.
Notes:
Price History:
1987 – unsold
1912 – $610 USD. (worth $14,629.71 in 2014)
Document Information
Digital-born Document Number:
ACE.2014.1960
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 6, 2014
Last Update:
September 5, 2016
You must be logged in to post a comment.