Emil Carlsen : Still-life with fish, 1891.
ECA Record Control Number: 1915
Archives of American Art #: 83940023
Record Level: Item
Record Type: Movable Work
Work Title: Still life with fish
Alternate Work Titles:
1975 : Still life with fish [from exhibition catalog]
1958 : Still life with fish [from exhibition catalog]
Work Date: 1891 [date from front of canvas]
Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 31 x 25 inches
Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 91.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA Category: Still life
ECA Sub-Category: Fish
Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Fish
Still Life
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird
Still Life — Game — Fish
Description of Work:
Provenance/Ownership:
by 1958 ( California Historical Society [1871- ], [1993- ] 678 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105 | [1871-1993] 2090 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA 94115, The Sloss Collection ( placed on deposit by the San Francisco Art Association ) ) ;
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.1891 Private collection of Louis Sloss, Jr. [1860-1933], San Francisco, CA ;
1891 Emil Carlsen [1841-1932], the artist .
Exhibition History:
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:
– Rubicon-Wortsman Pub., San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, ”The art of Emil Carlsen 1853-1932”, 1975, #11, illustrated: b&w.
– California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, exhibition catalog, “Louis Sloss, Jr, collection of California paintings“, April – May, 1958, #[unnumbered], not illustrated, shown as Still life with fish.
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Document Information
Document Permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1915
Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.1915
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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Image License:
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Record Birth Date:
February 23, 2014
Last Update:
March 8, 2017