Emil Carlsen : Rapids above Niagara, 1911.

ECA record control number: 39467

Archives of American Art #: [none]

Record level: Item

Record type: Movable work

Work title: Rapids above Niagara  [from back of canvas]

Alternate work titles:
2026 : Rapids above Niagara  [from back of canvas]

Work date: February 21, 1911  [from back of canvas]

Work creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work medium: Oil on canvas on board
Work dimensions: 14-1/2 x 17-1/4 inches [unframed] | 24-3/8 x 27-9/16 inches [framed]

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘For Yates‘.

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

ECA category: Waterscape
ECA sub-category: Falls

Archives of American Art subjects:

Description of work:

Provenance / ownership:
2026 ( Lawrences Auctioneers [1964 – today] The Linen Yard South Street Crewkerne Somerset TA18 8AB ) ;
ca.1919 Private collection of [unknown] [unknown city], England, UK ;
ca. 1913 ( The Rowley Gallery Frame Makers [1898 – today] 115 Kensington Church Street London UK ) ;
ca. 1913 Private collection of Frederic “Fred” Yates [1854-1919], London, England, UK (also Southampton, England, UK and Liverpool, England, UK) ;
1911 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2026 Lawrences Auctioneers [1964 – today], Somerset, England, UK, “Autumn fine art sale – silver, objects of vertu, jewellery, watches & pictures”, Tuesday, October 13.

References / citations:
– Lawrences Auctioneers [1964 – today], Somerset, England, UK, online catalog, “Autumn fine art sale – silver, objects of vertu, jewellery, watches & pictures”, Tuesday, October 13, 2026, online and in-person, lot #355, color : online.

Related works:

ECA notes:
This is likely a gift to fellow painter and English portrait artist Frederic “Fred” Yates [1854-1919], London, England, UK (also Southampton, England, UK and Liverpool, England, UK).  Yates painted and lived in San Francisco from 1886 to 1900, which is likely when Emil Carlsen became friends with him.  Carlsen was back living in New York and Connecticut in 1911 and a weekday trip (several hours) to Niagara Falls in Northern New York would not be unusual.  Emil likely gave the painting to Yates when he came back to paint a portrait of US president Woodrow Wilson in 1913.  It would stand to reason that the frame is likely a choice of Yates, since it is from an London framemaker.  The frame appears to be about ca.1910s in style.  The painting obviously stayed in England and is currently being auctioned off there.

Price history:
2026 : 1,500 – 2,000 (BP) [$1,984.20 to $2,645.60 in 2026] [estimate]

Document information

Document permalink:
https://emilcarlsen.org/work/?p=39467

Digital-born document number:
ECA.2026.39467

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:
September 29, 2026

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