Søren Emile “Emil” Carlsen (1848-1932) [RA 1903-1932] : Still life with fowl and copper pot, 1885

 

SAL record control number: 107351 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

 

Work title: Still life with fowl and copper pot [title from owner] ;

Alternate work titles:
2021 : Still life with fowl and copper pot [title from owner] ;

Work date: 1885  Saturday 28th of January 2023 ;

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

Work medium: Oil on canvas ;
Work dimensions: 17 x 33 inches [unframed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated: Yes but is the dedication date and not the date it was painted.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen.’.

Location: Inscribed at upper left.
Text: ‘To My friend Van Boskerck, NY 87’.
Note: The dedication was scratched into the dry paint two years later by Carlsen and given as a gift to his friend and fellow artist Robert Ward Van Boskerck [1855-1932] in 1887.

Verso:

SAL category: Oil ;
SAL sub-category: Still-life ; fowl ;

Archives of American Art subjects:

Description of work:

Provenance:
2008 Private collection of William Eric Indursky [1969- ], New York, NY
2008 ( Shannon’s [1997- ], 354 Woodmont Rd, Milford, CT 06460 ) ;
ca.1936 Private collection of [unknown [ca.1910-2008]] ;
1933 Estate of Robert Ward Van Boskerck [1855-1932], administered by his sister, Harriet Van Boskerck [1849-1936], Hackensack, NJ
1887 Private collection of Robert Ward Van Boskerck [1855-1932], New York, NY and NJ, Gift of Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist ;
1885 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2021 SCNY Dutch Dutch October 2 – November 21.
2008 Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers Milford CT sale October 23.

References / citations:
– Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, CT, Sale Catalog, “sale”, October 23, 2008, lot #185.

Notes:
– On loan from owner October 2, 2021.
– This was a study for a larger work Still Life With Poultry, 1885.

 

Document information

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Digital-born document number:
SAL.2021.107351

Record birth date:
October 2, 2021

Last updated: October 13, 2021 at 11:57 am