Emil Carlsen : Still ocean, ca.1909.
ECA record control number: 39399
Archives of American Art #: [-none-]
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: Still ocean [assigned by auction house]
Alternate work titles:
2026 : Still ocean [assigned by auction house]
Work date: ca.1909 [based on general style]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas [wax lined]
Work dimensions: 12 x 16 inches [unframed]
Inscribed / signed front: [Unsigned]
Verso:
Marking type: White (yellowed) horizontal rectangular framer label.
Location: At middle lower frame verso.
Text: ‘munn [in gothic font] PICTURE FRAMES 841 NORTH LA CIENEGA BOULEVARD / LOS ANGELES 69 CALIFORNIA OLYMPIA 2-1344 OLEANDER 5-8377 / [munn stacked logo at right]’.
Marking type: White horizontal rectangular ownership label with rounded corners.
Location: At lower right bottom painting stretcher verso.
Text: [withheld]
ECA category: Waterscape
ECA sub-category: Calm seas
Archives of American Art subjects:
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast
Waterscape — Sea
Description of work:
Provenance / ownership:
2026 [tba] ;
2026 ( Bonhams [1793- ], 7601 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046 | 580 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 | 220 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103) ;
1979 Private collection of [withheld], Newport Beach, CA ;
1975 ( Wortsman Rowe Fine Arts Inc [1972-1975], 516 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94102 ) [likely] ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1943 Private estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-1943], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
1931 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
2026 Bonhams [1793- ], (Skinner) Marlborough, MA, August Americana : art and objects, August 3 – 13.
References / citations:
– Bonhams [1793- ], (Skinner) Marlborough, MA, online catalog, August Americana : art and objects, August 3 – 13, 2026, lot #232, color : online.
Related works:
ECA notes:
– Send directly to ECA from the auction house Bonhams in an email dated Mon, Jul 20, 4:14 PM.
– Framing by Munn’s Picture Frames, Inc. | 841 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA [1955-2004] | 215 East 59th Street, New York, NY [2004-today ; now APF Munn], ca.1975.
Price history:
2026 $2,000 – $3,000 USD – [estimate] [auction] ;
Document information
Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=39399
Digital-born document number:
ECA.2026.39399
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:
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