Emil Carlsen : Trees in autumn, ca.1914.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 5516

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Trees in autumn

Alternate Work Titles:
2015: Trees in autumn [from auction catalog]

Work Date: ca.1914 [date based on palette and technique]

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on board
Work Dimensions: 19-3/4 × 24 inches | 20 x 24 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Verso: unknown

ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Trees

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Tree

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
2015 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2015 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
ca.2002 Private collection of [unknown], Dallas, TX ;
1999 ( Owen Gallery [1986- ], [2009- ] 303 Mossy Brook Road, High Falls, NY 12440 | [2009- ] Winter Park Village, 520 N Orlando Ave #105, Winter Park, FL 32789 | [at least 2000-2009] 19th East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021 | [1994] 762 Madison Avenue at 65th Street, NY, NY 10021 ) ;
1999 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York 10021 ) ;
1994 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
1993 Private collection of Ruth B Gimbernat [1909-1994], FL | Rochester, NY ;
1932 Private collection Elsie Sloan Farley [1891?-1966], New York, NY, high society interior designer ;
1932 ( American Art Association [1883-1964], [1922-1964] Madison Ave and 56th Street, New York, NY 10018 | [1883-1922] 6 East 23rd Street (South Madison Square), New York, NY 10010 ) ;
ca.1915 Private collection of Harry Bartow Farr [1889-1964], Westchester, NY | Fairfield, NY ;
ca.1904 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
2015 Christie’s Rockefeller Center, New York, NY, “Sale #3773 – living with art”, October 7-8.
2002 Owen Gallery, New York, NY, “American paintings“, April 20 – June 28.
1999 Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “Sale”, December 1.
1932 American Art Association, New York, NY, “Sale”, [unknown date].

References/Citations:
– Christie’s, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, “Sale #3773 – living with art”, October 7-8, 2015, lot #189, illustrated: color.
– Owen Gallery, New York, NY, “American paintings“, April 20 – June 28, 2002, illustrated: color as Trees in autumn, c.1915.
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, sales catalog, “Sale”, December 1, 1999, lot #5.
– American Art Association, New York, NY, “Sale”, [unknown date], 1932, lot #43.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:
– 2015: Surface soiling. Some visible hairline cracking in the paint surface. Under UV we note evidence of restoration, primarily craquelure fill. There are other areas of restoration in the painting, most notably in the upper left quadrant primarily contained in the sky.

Price History:
2015 – $5,630 USD. [auction]
1999 – $34,500 USD. [auction]
1932 – $? USD. [auction]

 

Document Information

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Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2014.5516

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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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:
October 24, 2014

Last Update:
May 12, 2017