Emil Carlsen : The hearthstone, 1922.

 

ECA record control number: 1279

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: The hearthstone

Alternate work titles:
1923: The hearthstone [from exhibition catalog]
ca.1922: Hearthstone [from original gallery label on back stretcher.]

Work date: 1922 [from front of canvas.]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 14 x 16 inches [unframed] | 15 x 15-7/8 inches [unframed] | 25-1/2 x 26-3/4 inches [framed]

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

Verso:

Marking type: White horizontal rectangular printed gallery label with typewriting in black faded ink adhered to old brown paper backing.
Location: Stretcher top middle verso.
Text: ‘PAINTINGS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS / [centered dark short separating line] / WILLIAM MACBETH / INCORPORATED / 450 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK / “Hearthstone” [blank underline] / by [blank underline] / Emil Carlsen, N. A. [blank underline]’.

Marking type: Handwritting script in pencil.
Location: Stretcher left-middle verso.
Text: ‘4 / [separating line] / above book ed?[?] / (right)’.

ECA category: Still-life
ECA sub-category: Kitchen

Archives of American Art subjects:
Still Life
Still Life — Other
Still Life — Other — Container
Still Life — Other — Cookware
Still Life — Vegetable
Still Life — Vegetable — Onion

Description of work:

Provenance/ownership:
2017 ( Thomas Colville Fine Arts [1973- ], 111 Old Quarry Road, Guilford, CT 06437 | 1000 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10075 ) ;
2017 ( Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], 17th Floor, 3500 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX 75219 ) ;
ca.1923 Private collection of [unknown], TX ;
1923 ( Macbeth Gallery, The [1892-1953], [1935-1953] 11 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1924-1934] 15 East Fifty-seventh Street | [1906-1923] 450 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY | [1892-1905] 237 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY ) ;
1922 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2017 Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], Dallas, TX, “American Art Signature Auction – Dallas #5330”, November 3.
1923 Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Paintings by Emil Carlsen, Theodore Robsinson, J. Alden Weir“, October 30 – November 19.
1923 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “The painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29.
1923 Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Recent paintings by Emil Carlsen“, March 6-26.

References/citations:
– “Emil (Soren Emil) Carlsen (1848-1932) > Art for sale details”. Askart.com. Updated March 12, 2018. Accessed March 12, 2018. http://www.askart.com/Artist_Art_For_Sale_Inquiry.aspx?adno=251458&artist=1673
– Heritage Auctions, Inc. [1976- ], Dallas, TX, “American Art Signature Auction – Dallas #5330”, November 3, 2017, lot#69087, illustrated: color online.
– Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Paintings by Emil Carlsen, Theodore Robsinson, J. Alden Weir“, October 30, 1923 – November 19, 1923, #5, not illustrated.
– The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Exhibition Catalog, “The painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29, 1923, #17, not illustrated.
– The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Recent paintings by Emil Carlsen“, March 6-26, 1923, #10, illustrated: b&w.

Related works:
– Still life with glass bottle, 1926.
– The blue vase, ca.1923.

ECA notes:
– Condition Report: Minor craquelure and surface grime with light frame wear; under UV light, there appears to be no inpaint; framed under glass.

Price history:
2017 – $35,000 USD [auction]
1923 – $2,250 USD. [worth $31,319.87 in 2014]

 

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=1279

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2017.1279

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:
August 24, 2014

Last updated: March 12, 2018 at 23:29 pm