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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