SAL record control number: 130529 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: Morning sunlight [from archive website] ;

Alternate work titles:

Work date: ca.1905 ;

Work creator: Søren Emile “Emil” Carlsen (1848-1932) [RA 1903-1932] ;

Work medium: Oil on canvas ;
Work dimensions: 29 x 23 inches ;

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

Verso: unknown ;

SAL category: Oil ;
SAL sub-category: Landscape ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Forest
Landscape — Maine
Landscape — Maine — Ogunquit  ;

Description of work:

Provenance:
2017 [tba]
2017 ( Sotheby’s [1744- ], 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 ) ;
1980 Private collection of [unknown], New York, NY ;
1980 ( Grand Central Art Galleries [1923-1966], 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY | Fifth Avenue at 51st Street, New York, NY | 55 East 57th Street, New York, NY ) ;
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 ;
before 1966 Estate of Dines Carlsen [1901-1966], Falls Village, CT, the artist’s son ;
1932 Private collection of Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen [c.1869-before 1966], New York, NY, the artist’s wife ;
ca.1905 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
1932 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, “Paintings and Sculpture by the Society of Scandinavian American Artists with a Memorial Group of Paintings by Emil Carlsen with works by Dines Carlsen“, April 12 – May 15.
1932 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, “Exhibition of paintings by American impressionists and other artists of the period : 1880-1900”, January 18 – February 28.
1923 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, “The painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29.

References / citations:
– Art & Antiques, “Emil Carlsen : lyrical impressionist” by Gertrude Sill, March-April, 1980, pages 88-95, illustrated: color, page 94.
– “Archive of works by Emil Carlsen compiled by Dines Carlsen“, 24 pages, hand-drawn sketches and notes probably by Dines, provided by Linda Hay, ca.1930s, illustrated: b&w, page 6.
– Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, exhibition catalog, “Exhibition of paintings by American impressionists and other artists of the period : 1880-1900”, January 18 – February 28, 1932, #5.
– Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, exhibition catalog, “The painting of Emil Carlsen“, April 3-29, 1923, #53, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0047776.

Notes:
– Painted in Ogunquit, ME [according to the artist’s son, Dines’ note book]
– Condition report : Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=130529

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.130529

Record birth date:
July 20, 2022

Last updated: January 26, 2024 at 12:45 pm