ECA record control number: 23818

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Woman tending to her garden

Alternate work titles:
2017: Woman tending to her garden [from auction catalog]

Work date: ca.1894 [date based on other known watercolor with exact same type of signature.]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: watercolor
Work dimensions: 20 x 13 inches

Inscribed/signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: No.
Text: ‘Emile Carlsen’.

Verso:

Marking type: Pencil writing horizontally.
Location: At lower right verso.
Text: ’13 x 19′.

Marking type: Pencil writing.
Location: At upper middle-left verso.
Text: ’70’.

ECA category: People
ECA sub-category: Genre

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Figure female
Figure female — Full length

Description of work:

Provenance/ownership:
2021 Private collection of [withheld], ME ;
2017 Private collection of [unknown] ;
2017 ( Eldred’s [ca.1958- ], PO Box 796, 1483 Route 6 A, East Dennis, MA 02641 ) ;
after ca.1894 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1894 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2017 Eldred’s [ca.1958- ], East Dennis, MA, “Online auction”, August 9.

References/citations:
– Eldred’s [ca.1958- ], East Dennis, MA, online auction catalog, “Online auction”, August 9, 2017, lot #16, illustrated: color.

Related works:
– Moored boat, 1894.
– Woman sewing, ca.1894

ECA notes:
– Condition report: Two small tears to left hand-side. Toned. Mat burn. Small loss to lower left-hand edge.
– Contacted by current owner on May 2, 2021 via email confirm new ownership. Information on file.

Price history:
2017 – [tba] [auction]

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=23818

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2017.23818

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:
July 27, 2017

Last updated: May 3, 2021 at 19:18 pm