Emil Carlsen : Still-life with ducks, ca.1883.

 

ECA record control number: 1998

Archives of American Art #: 82370042

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Still life with ducks

Alternate work titles:
1999 : Still life with ducks
1975 : Still Life: Brass Pot and Fowl
1958 : Still life

Work date: ca.1883 [date based on composition and technique]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 25-1/2 x 30-1/4 inches

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
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 — Cookware
Still Life — Vegetable
Still Life — Vegetable — Mushroom

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
1993 ( California Historical Society [1871- ], [1993- ] 678 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105 | [1871-1993] 2090 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA 94115, The Sloss Collection (Accession# ) ) ;
1933 ( San Francisco Art Association [1871-1920] | California School of Design [1873-1905] | Mark Hopkins Institute of Art [1893-1906] | Palace of Fine Arts [1915-1945] | The Western Round Table on Modern Art [1949] | San Francisco Art Institute [1911-1978] | San Francisco Museum of Art [1921-1970] ) ;
ca.1883 Private collection of Louis Sloss, Jr. [1860-1933], San Francisco, CA ;
ca.1883 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1999 Vance Jordan Gallery, New York, NY, “Emil Carlsen: Quiet Magic“, October 28 – December 10.
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.
1958 California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, “Louis Sloss, Jr, collection of California paintings“, April – May.

References/Citations:
– Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Emil Carlsen: Quiet Magic“, October 28 – December 10, 1999, #2.
– Rubicon-Wortsman Publishing, San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, ”The Art of Emil Carlsen 1853-1932”, 1975, #12, illustrated: b&w.
– Percy Gray by Whitton & Johnson, San Francisco, 1970, illustrated on page 45.
– California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, “Louis Sloss, Jr, collection of California paintings“, April – May, 1958, #[unnumbered], illustrated : b&w on [unnumbered page], shown as Still life.
– California Historical Society Quarterly, “Louis Sloss, Jr., collection of California paintings” by Jean Martin, March, 1958, volume 37, number 1, pages 19-38, illustrated: b&w, page 26.

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Document Information

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https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1998

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2015.1998

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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Record Birth Date:
January 4, 2015

Last Update:
March 8, 2017