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Emil Carlsen : Woman feeding chickens, 1896.

Emil Carlsen : Woman feeding chickens, 1886.
Emil Carlsen : Woman feeding chickens, 1886.

 

ECA record control number: 35070

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Woman feeding chickens

Alternate work titles:
1938 : Woman feeding chickens [from illustrated newspaper article]

Work date: 1896 [date from front of canvas.]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 48 x 30 inches

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: “Emil. Carlsen. Paris. ’96’

Verso: unknown

ECA category: People
ECA sub-category: Genre

Archives of American Art subjects:
Animal
Animal — Bird
Animal — Bird — Chicken
Architecture exterior
Architecture exterior — Domestic
Figure female
Figure female — Full length
Occupation
Occupation — Farm

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2004 Private estate of Dixie Dee (Claflin) Daleiden [1933-2004] trust, Kevin Daleiden [ca.1967- ] possession, Fond Du Lac, WI ;
1938 Private collection of Dixie Dee (Claflin) Daleiden [1933-2004], Chicago, IL, daughter of E. C. Claflin ;
1937 Private collection of E. C. Claflin [?-?], Lombard, IL ;
1937 ( Hahn Moving and Storage Co. of Wheaton [ca.1930s-ca.1990s] | Hahn’s Storage Company | Hahn’s Storage Co. of Wheaton, 312 West Front Street, Wheaton, MA, owner Gerold J. Hahn [1902-1997] ) ;
ca.1896 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1896 Blakeslee Galleries [1885-1914], Theron Joel Blakeslee [1851-1914], 665 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY | Hotel Lorraine, 45 Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (possibly since almost all works marked PARIS on them were sold for Blakeslee) ;
1896 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:

References / citations:
– ECA Contacted directly by the current owner via Facebook on March 22, 2018 with more information on the painting.
– The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, IL, “Oil painting proves ‘find’”, January 25, 1938, Page 11, not illustrated.
– The Evening Independent, Massillon, OH, “$35 piece of art now worth $2,000”, January 25, 1938, Page 3, not illustrated.
– Illinois Journal, “Acquires art treasure : DuPage County credit bureau manager pays $35 for $2,000 painting“, January 17, 1938, illustrated : b&w.

Related works:

ECA notes:

Price history:
1937 – $35 USD [retail – found to be worth $2,000 in 1937]

 

Document information

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2016.35070

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:
December 21, 2016

Last updated:
March 22, 2018 at 19:01 pm