Emil Carlsen : The French fan, 1922.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 1328

Archives of American Art #: 62641734

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable work

Work Title: The French fan

Alternate Work Titles:
The French fan
The fan
1923: Study in violet and green [from newspaper article]

Work Date: 1922 [date from front of canvas]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on board
Work Dimensions: 15 x 18 inches | 15-1/8 x 18-1/8 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1922.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Still Life
ECA Sub-Category: Asian

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Ethnic
Ethnic — Chinese

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
2007 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2007 ( Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], 17th Floor, 3500 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX 75219 ) ;
2006 Private collection of [consignee], returned unsold ;
2006 ( Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], 17th Floor, 3500 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX 75219 ) ;
2006 Private collection of [consignee], returned unsold ;
2006 ( Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], 17th Floor, 3500 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX 75219 ) ;
1999 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
1992 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1992 ( Bonhams [1793- ], 580 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 | 220 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103 ) ;
1983 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1983 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
before ca.1983 ( Newhouse Galleries [1878-1938, 1938-], Newhouse Galleries (NY), [1945-?] 15 East 57th Street, New York, NY | [1937-1945] 5 East 57th Street, New York, NY | [1935-1937] 378 Madison Avenue, New York, NY | [1931-1936] 578 Madison Avenue, New York, NY | [1929-1931] 11 East 57th Street, New York, NY | Newhouse Galleries (IL) | Newhouse Galleries (CA), [1928- ] 2509 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, CA | [1927-1928] 2717-1/2 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, CA | M.A. Newhouse & Son [1925-1934], 484 North Kingshighway, St. Louis, MO | [1922-1925] 4398 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO | various hotels ) ;
after ca.1922 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1922 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
2007 Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], Dallas, TX, “Sale”, December 7.
2006 Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], Dallas, TX, “Sale”, November 10.
2006 Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], Dallas, TX, “Sale”, May 4-5.
1999 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “Sale”, December 1.
1992 Bonham’s, San Francisco, CA, “Sale”, December 9.
1983 Christie’s, New York, NY, “Sale”, December 9.
1923 Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Recent paintings by Emil Carlsen“, March 6-26.

References/Citations:
– Heritage Auctions, Dallas, TX, sale catalog, “Sale”, December 6-7, 2007, lot #23477.
– Heritage Auctions, Dallas, TX. sale catalog, “Sale”, November 10, 2006, lot #25211.
– Heritage Auctions, Dallas, TX, sale catalog, “Sale”, May 4-5, 2006, lot #23309.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale”, December 1, 1999, lot #1.
– Bonham’s, San Francisco, CA, sale catalog, “Sale”, December 9, 1992, lot #3935.
– Christie’s, New York, NY, sale catalog, “Cornelia #5472”, December 9, 1983, lot #202, illustrated.
– New York Times, New York, NY, “Emil Carlsen’s exhibition.“, March 11, 1923.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:

– New York Times, New York, NY, “Emil Carlsen’s exhibition”, March 11, 1923.
“In A Study in violet and green-two Chinese bits against a fan-one feels the Eastern artist did not model his idol with less care and devotion than Mr. Carlsen has given to this painting of it.”

Price History:
2007 – $11,950 USD [auction]
2006 – unsold [auction]
2006 – unsold [auction]
1999 – $48,875 USD [auction]
1992 – $9,900 USD [auction]
1983 – [unknown] [auction]

 

Document Information

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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.1328

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 25, 2014

Last Update:
June 20, 2017