Emil Carlsen : A forest scene, ca.1915.

ECA record control number: 34366

Archives of American Art #: 61511197

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: A forest scene  [from exhibition catalog]

Alternate work titles:
2025 : Monochromatic delicate impressionist landscape ” A forest scene”  [from online auction catalog]
1994 : A forest scene  [from auction catalog]
1969 : Wood interior  [from auction catalog]

Work date: ca.1915  [based on general style and technique]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas
Work dimensions: 20-13/100 × 24 inches [unframed] | 20 x 24 inches [unframed] | 19-1/2 x 23-1/2 inches [unframed]

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

Verso:
Marking type:
Location:
Text: ‘ ‘.

ECA category: Landscape
ECA sub-category: Forest

Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Forest

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2025 ( Robert Funk Fine Art [2004- ], 1581 Brickell Avenue, Suite #2303, Miami, FL  33129 ) ;
2025 ( Doyle Auctions [1962- ], 175 E 87th St, New York, NY 10128 ) ;
2016 ( Taylor | Graham, 39 East 78th Street, Suite 601, New York, NY 10075 ) ;
after 1994 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1994 ( Christie’s, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY ) ;
after 1969 Private collection of [unknown[ ;
1969 ( Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, NY ) ;
after ca.1913 Private collection of [unknown] ;
ca.1913 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2025 Doyle Auctions [1962- ], New York, NY, “Fine art including sporting art and dogs in art”, June 11.
2018 Taylor | Graham, “TEFAF New York – fall”.
2016 Taylor | Graham, New York, NY, “Just off Madison”.
1994 Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center, NY, “American paintings, drawings and sculpture”, March 16.
1969 Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, “20th century American & European drawings, paintings & sculpture”, December 9.

References / citations:
– Doyle Auctions [1962- ], New York, NY, “Fine art including sporting art and dogs in art”, June 11, 2025, lot #665, illustrated : color, online catalog.
– Taylor | Graham, “TEFAF New York – fall”, 2018.
– Taylor | Graham, New York, NY, “Just off Madison”, 2016.
– Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center, NY, sale catalogue, “American paintings, drawings and sculpture”, no.7850, March 16, 1994, lot #105, given identification #HG614 [identified on verso label].
– Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, sale catalogue, “20th century American & European drawings, paintings & sculpture”, no. 2848, December 9, 1969, lot #310.

Related works:

ECA notes:
– Condition report : Good, very good – unlined [2025].

Price history:
2025 – $28,000 USD  [ offering ] [retail] ;
2025 – $4,480 USD [auction] ;
after 2018 – [ unknown ] USD ;
1994 – [ unsold ] USD ;
1969 – [ unknown ] USD ;

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=34366

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2025.34366

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.

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