Emil Carlsen : Still-life with cherries, melon and nectarine, ca.1893.

 

ECA record control number: 1423

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Still life with cherries, melon and nectarine

Alternate work titles:
1993: Still life with cherries, melon and nectarine [from auction catalog]
?: Still life with cherries [unknown]

Work date: ca.1893 [date based on palette and the known dated same still life items in the composition.]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 20 x 24 inches

Inscribed/signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA category: Still life
ECA sub-category: Classical

Archives of American Art subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Fruit
Still Life — Fruit — Grape
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container

Description of work:

Provenance/ownership:
2017 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2017 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
1993 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1993 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
ca. 1970s ( Gerald Peters Gallery [1972- ], 1005 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501 | [1992- ] 24 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075 ) ;
after 1893 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1893 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2017 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “Sale”, October 6.
1993 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “Sale”, September 23.

References/citations:
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale”, October 6, 2017, lot #142, illustrated: color on page 98.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale”, September 23, 1993, lot #144, illustrated: b&w.

Related works:
– Melons and cherries, ca.1893.
– Still life with red currants,1894.
– Still life with fruit and wine, 1893.

ECA notes:
– Condition report : Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from scattered, faint craquelure and stretcher bar marks. There are 4 small patches on the reverse. UNDER UV: A few scattered dots of inpainting, four of which correspond to the patches on the reverse. Work presents nicely and is ready to hang.

Price history:
2017 – $22,500 USD [auction]
1993 – $24,150 USD [auction]

 

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1423

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.1423

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:
November 2, 2014

Last updated: October 29, 2017 at 12:58 pm