Emil Carlsen : The brook, ca.1906.

 

ECA record control number: 23459

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: The brook

Alternate work titles:
1927: The brook [auction catalog]
1909: A wood fantasy [collection line list and article]

Work date: ca.1906 [date based on first known listing date]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Pastel on paper
Work dimensions: 17 x 14-1/2 inches

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

Verso: unknown

ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Forest

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Forest

Description of work:
“Big boulders in a dense wood beside a small stream, with the fugitive rays of sunlight breaking through the green foliage, producing a charming effect.”
Citation: Auction catalog

Provenance/ownership:
1927 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1927 ( Anderson Galleries, The [1887-1934], 489 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 ) ;
ca.1909 Private collection of G. H. Buek [?-1927], Easthampton, L.I. | Brooklyn, NY, the Buek Collection ;
ca.1906 ( Bauer-Folsom Galleries [1908-1921] | Folsom Galleries [1908-1921], 396 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 11215 ) ; [this citation needs cross-reference checking]
ca.1906 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1927 Anderson Galleries, New York, NY, “Sale #2189 – American water colors : the collection formed by the late G. H. Buek Easthampton, L.I…”, October 30 – November 4.
before 1927 The Aldine Club, New York, NY, “[on display]”, [unknown amount of time, but years].
1910 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, “A collection of paintings in water color by American artists : lent by Gustav H. Buek of Brooklyn, N.Y.”, July 26 – August 28.
1910 Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MS, “The Buek Collection”, [unknown date], 1910.

References/citations:
– Anderson Galleries, New York, NY, auction catalog, “Sale #2189 – American water colors : the collection formed by the late G. H. Buek Easthampton, L.I…”, October 30 – November 4, 1927, #67, not illustrated, shown as The brook.
– Fine Arts Journal, Chicago, IL, “Buek Collection of Water Colors—Historic, Artistic, Complete” by ]ames William Pattison, June, 1911, volume 13, page 353-384, not illustrated.
– Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MS, line list, “The Buek Collection”, [unknown date], 1910.
– Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, exhibition catalog, “A collection of paintings in water color by American artists : lent by Gustav H. Buek of Brooklyn, N.Y.”, July 26 – August 28, 1910, #23, not illustrated, shown as A wood fantasy.
– New York Times, New York, NY, “Buek collection colors and pastels : water colors and pastels tend to show the development of American art”, Friday, May 21, 1909, page 8, not illustrated.
– The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, “Brooklynite’s water colors”, Saturday, May 22, 1909, page 4, not illustrated.
– The Collector and Art Critic, New York, NY, “American collections : the G. H. Buek collection of American water-colors”, May, 1906, volume 4, Number 7, pages 204-206, not illustrated.

Related works:
– Wooded glen, 1926.

ECA notes:

Price history:
1927 – $140 USD [auction]

 

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=23459

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2017.23459

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:
June 25, 2017

Last updated: June 26, 2017 at 1:17 am