Emil Carlsen : Breaking waves, ca.1913.

ECA record control number: 3414

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Breaking waves

Alternate work titles:
Breaking waves

Work date: ca.1913 [based on general palette and theme]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 15-1/4 x 25 inches [unframed] | 26 x 36 x 2 inches [framed]

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

Verso: [unknown] ;

ECA Category: Waterscape
ECA Sub-Category: Rough seas

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Waterscape
Waterscape — Sea

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2025 [tba] ;
2025 ( Shannon’s [1997- ], 354 Woodmont Rd, Milford, CT 06460 ) ;
after 2019 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
2019 ( Nye & Co [2010- ] | Dawson and Nye [2003-2010], 20 Beach Street Bloomfield, NJ 0700 | 128 American Road, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 ) ;
2013 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
2011 ( Westervelt Company [1884- ], 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, returned to owner ) ;
2011 ( Christie’s [1766- ], Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 ) ;
1999 Westervelt Company [1884- ], 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
ca.1980s ( Parkerson Gallery [1980- ], 3510 Lake Street, Houston, TX 77098 ) ;
after ca.1913 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1913 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2025 Shannon’s [1997- ], Milford, CT, “1025 Fine Art Auction”, October 30.
2019 Nye & Co. Auctioneers, Appraisers, Antiques [2010- ] | Dawson and Nye [2003-2010], Bloomfield, NJ, “The collectors’ passion”, January 23.
2013 Christie’s [1766- ], New York, NY, “Sale”, December 5.
2011 Christie’s [1766- ], New York, NY, “Sale”, May 18.

References / citations:
– Shannon’s [1997- ], Milford, CT, sale catalog, “1025 Fine Art Auction”, October 30, 2025, lot #66, illustrated : color, online.
– Nye & Co. Auctioneers, Appraisers, Antiques [2010- ] | Dawson and Nye [2003-2010], Bloomfield, NJ, “The collectors’ passion”, January 23, 2019, lot #0232, illustrated : color, online.
– Christie’s [1766- ], New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale”, December 5, 2013, lot #76.
– Christie’s [1766- ], New York, NY, sale catalog, “Sale”, May 18, 2011, lot #91.

Related works:

ECA notes:
– Shannon’s Auction condition report : in very good overall condition; lined canvas; on a new stretcher; a few very minor areas of restoration mostly to the edges.

Price history:
2025 – [tba] [auction]
2019 – [tba] [auction]
2013 – [unsold] [auction]
2011 – [unsold] [auction]

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=33403

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2014.33403

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:
May 14, 2014

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