Emil Carlsen : The white jug, 1916.
ECA record control number: 1265
Archives of American Art #: 08260402
Record level: Item
Record type: Movable work
Work title: The white jug
Alternate work titles:
1919 : The white jug [from exhibition catalog]
Work date: 1916 [date from the front of the canvas]
Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 25-1/4 x 30 inches
Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 16.’.
Verso: unknown
ECA category: Still life
ECA sub-category: Grey
Archives of American Art subjects:
Object
Object — Vegetable
Object — Vegetable — Onion
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:
1935 ( Corcoran Gallery of Art [1869-2014], 500 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, Gift of Mrs. Emil Carlsen, 1935. Gift of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966] & Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT | New York, NY ) ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966] & Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT | New York, NY, the artist’s wife and son ;
1916 Private collection of Robert J. Handley, Esquire [1881-1965], New York, NY ;
1916 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .
Exhibition history:
1999 Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, “Quiet magic : the still-life paintings of Emil Carlsen“, October 28 – December 10.
1935 The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Still lifes by Emil Carlsen, 1853-1932“, April 23 – May 13.
1919-1920 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “7th biennial of oil paintings by contemporary American artists“, December 21, 1919–January 25, 1920.
1919 The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Loan exhibition of paintings by Emil Carlsen from the collection of Mr. Robert J. Handley, esquire,” December.
1916 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, “Annual exhibition of oil paintings”, March 13-23. Shown The white jug (#163).
References / citations:
– Vance Jordan Fine Art, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Quiet magic : the still-life paintings of Emil Carlsen“, October 28 – December 10, 1999, #38.
– A catalogue of the collection of American paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art; volume 2 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1973, page 15.
– Art & Antiques, “Emil Carlsen: lyrical impressionist” by Gertrude Sill, March-April, 1980, page 88-95, illustrated: color, page 90.
– Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Still lifes by Emil Carlsen, 1853-1932“, April 23 – May 13, 1935, #15, not illustrated.
– New York Tribune, New York, NY, “Random impressions in current exhibitions“, December 21, 1919, Sunday, first edition, page 41, illustrated: b&w.
– Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Loan exhibition of paintings by Emil Carlsen from the collection of Mr. Robert J. Handley, esquire,” December, 1919.
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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.1265
Digital Document Provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Emil Carlsen Archives, 266 West 21st Street, Suite 4E, New York, NY 10011.
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Record Birth Date:
January 14, 2014
Last updated: March 4, 2018 at 3:44 am