Emil Carlsen : Beachscape, ca.1909.

ECA record control number: 39415

Archives of American Art #: [-none-]

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Beachscape  [assigned by auction house]

Alternate work titles:
2026 : Beachscape  [assigned by auction house]
1978 : Untitled (beach) [assigned by gallery]

Work date: ca.1909  [based on general style]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas laid to board
Work dimensions: 7-5/8 x 9 inches [unframed] | 7-3/4 x 9-1/8 inches [unframed]

Inscribed / signed front: [Unsigned]

Verso:
Marking type: White (yellowed) horizontal rectangular framer label.
Location: At middle lower frame verso.
Text:  ‘munn [in gothic font] PICTURE FRAMES 841 NORTH LA CIENEGA BOULEVARD / LOS ANGELES 69 CALIFORNIA OLYMPIA 2-1344 OLEANDER 5-8377 / [munn stacked logo at right]’.

Marking type: White horizontal rectangular label with rounded corners.
Location: At lower right bottom panel verso.
Text: [withheld]

ECA category: Waterscape
ECA sub-category: Surf

Archives of American Art subjects:
Waterscape
Waterscape — Coast
Waterscape — Sea

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2026 [tba] ;
2026 ( Bonhams [1793- ], 7601 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046 | 580 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 | 220 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103) ;
1978 Private collection of [withheld], Newport Beach, CA ;
ca.1978 ( Jeffrey Horvitz, Ltd [1978-1983], 806 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069 [1978-1981] ) ;
1975 ( Wortsman Rowe Fine Arts Inc [1972-1975], 516 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94102 ) [likely] ;
1975 Estate of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1966 Private collection of Florence B. G. S. Carlsen [1903-1974], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s daughter-in-law ;
1943 Private estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-1943], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
1931 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2026 Bonhams [1793- ], (Skinner) Marlborough, MA, August Americana : art and objects, August 3 – 13.
1975 Rubicon-Wortsman Rowe Galleries, San Francisco, CA, “The art of Emil Carlsen 1853-1932“, January 17 – February 28 [May possibly be #101 Surf from the catalog].

References / citations:
– Bonhams [1793- ], (Skinner) Marlborough, MA, online catalog, August Americana : art and objects, August 3 – 13, 2026, lot #233, color : online.
– Rubicon-Wortsman Rowe Galleries, San Francisco, CA, printed catalog, “The art of Emil Carlsen 1853-1932“, January 17 – February 28, 1975, may possibly be #101 Surf [not pictured].
– Framing by Munn’s Picture Frames, Inc. | 841 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA [1955-2004] | 215 East 59th Street, New York, NY [2004-today ; now APF Munn], ca.1978.

Related works:

ECA notes:
– Send directly to ECA from the auction house Bonhams in an email dated Mon, Jul 20, 4:14 PM.
– This is possibly Skagen, Denmark.

Price history:
2026 $1,500 – $2,500 USD – [estimate] [auction] ;

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=39415

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2026.39415

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 22, 2026

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