Emil Carlsen : Still-life with game, 1894.

 

ECA record control number: 2168

Archives of American Art #: 84920061?

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Still life with game

Alternate work titles:
The dead bird, 1890
Still life

Work date: 1894

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 48 x 54 inches

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1894.’.

Verso: -none-

ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Game

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Turkey
Still Life
Still Life — Game
Still Life — Game — Bird
Still Life — Other

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
1992 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1992 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
ca.1975 ( Robert M. Rice Gallery [ca.1975-ca.1982], [ca.1978-ca.1982] 2010 South Post Oak Road, Houston, TX 77056 | [ca.1975-ca.1977] 2734 Virginia Street, Houston, TX 77098 ) ;
1900 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1900 ( 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 ) ;
1894 Private collection of Henry Riemann [1851-1914] and Johanna Elizabeth Wenzel Riemann [1859-1911], Dittmer, MO ;
1894 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1992 Christie’s, New York, NY, “Sale”, September 23.
1900 American Art Association, New York, NY, “Highly attractive sale by auction of Mr. Henry Riemann’s valuable collection of American paintings, and water colors, including important and original examples by the following eminent American artists : Emil Carlsen, William L. Metcalf, Guy Rose, Theodore Robinson, Carl Ritter, B. Walter Priestman comprising every variety of subject to be sold without reserve…”, January 25-26.
1894 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “69th Annual Exhibition“, December 10, 1894 – January 5, 1895.

References / citations:
– Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center, NY, Sale Cat., September 23, 1992, Lot #138.
– Art & Antiques, “Emil Carlsen: Lyrical Impressionist” by Gertrude Sill, March-April, 1980, pg. 88-95, illustrated: color, pg. 91.
– American Art Association, New York, NY, “Highly attractive sale by auction of Mr. Henry Riemann’s valuable collection of American paintings, and water colors, including important and original examples by the following eminent American artists : Emil Carlsen, William L. Metcalf, Guy Rose, Theodore Robinson, Carl Ritter, B. Walter Priestman comprising every variety of subject to be sold without reserve…”, January 25-26, 1900, lot #[unsure which one], not illustrated.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “69th Annual Exhibition“, December 10, 1894 – January 5, 1895, #88, shown as Still life.

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ECA notes:

Price history:
1992 – $9,900 USD

 

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=2168

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.2168

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 21, 2014

Last updated: July 18, 2020 at 18:22 pm