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Emil Carlsen : The heavens are telling, ca.1918.

Emil Carlsen The Heavens Are Telling, ca.1918
Emil Carlsen The Heavens Are Telling, ca.1918

 

Emil Carlsen The Heavens Are Telling (also called Moonlight and Sea), c.1918
Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Oil on canvas
31-5/8 x 37-1/2 inches | 34 x 38-1/2 inches

Signed: At lower left. ‘Emil Carlsen.’.

Archives of American Art #: 56980087, JUL J0046814

Provenance:
1967 ( Huntington Museum of Art [1952- ], 2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701, Gift of Ruth Wood Dayton (Accession #1967.1.47) ) ;
1951 ( Daywood Art Gallery, Inc. [1951-1970], Lewisburg, WV ) ;
ca.1935 Private collection of Ruth Wood Dayton [1874-1973], OH | WV ;
1935 Estate of William S Stimmel [1864-1935], Pittsburgh, PA
ca.1910 Private collection of William S Stimmel [1864-1935], Pittsburgh, PA ;
ca.1910 Emil Carlsen [1948-1932], the artist .

Exhibitions:
2010 Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, “Docents Select (in Memory of Anne Csernica)”, May 1-August 22.
2004 Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, “Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art”, September 10-November 7.
1936 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, “The Centennial Exposition: Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Graphic Arts“, June 6-November 29.

References:
– Staff Writer, The Independent Online, Ashland, KY, May 13, 2010, website accessed August 27, 2014. [www.dailyindependent.com]
– Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, Exhibition Catalog, “Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art”, September 10-November 7, 2004.
– Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, Exhibition Catalog, “The Centennial Exposition: Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Graphic Arts“, June 6-November 29, 1936, #2.
– The International Studio, “The Lyricism of Emil Carlsen” by John Steele, October, 1927, volume 88, pg. 53-60, illustrated: B&W.
– The International Studio, “Emil Carlsen – Painter, Teacher” by F. Newlin Price, July, 1922, Volume 75, Number 302, pg. 300-308, illustrated: B&W, pg. 306.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0046814.

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