Emil Carlsen (American, 1853-1932). The Constitution, 1881. Oil on canvas laid on board. 15-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches (39.4 x ...

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Emil Carlsen (American, 1853-1932)
The Constitution, 1881
Oil on canvas laid on board
15-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches (39.4 x 49.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: EMIL CARLSEN 81

Property of a Private Collection, Palm Beach


PROVENANCE:
The artist;
O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries, New York, 1920;
Private collection, [possibly] Boston, Massachusetts, 1920;
The artist, after 1920;
Luella May (Ruby) Carlsen, the artist's wife, New York, 1932;
Estate of Dines Carlsen, the artist's son, Falls Village, Connecticut, before 1966;
Florence B. G. S. Carlsen, the artist's daughter-in-law, Falls Village, Connecticut, 1966;
Estate of the above, 1975;
Hammer Galleries, New York, circa 1977.

EXHIBITED:
Hammer Galleries, New York, "Emil Carlsen Retrospective," January 24-February 19, 1977;
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania, "Pere et fils: Art of Emil and Dines Carlsen," August 20-October 23, 1977.

LITERATURE:
American Art Annual, "Auction sales", volume 67, 1920, not illustrated.
Archive of Works by Emil Carlsen Compiled by Dines Carlsen, 24 pages, hand-drawn sketches and notes probably by Dines, provided by Linda Hay, circa 1960, p. 1.
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Pere et fils: Art of Emil and Dines Carlsen, exhibition catalogue, Loretto, 1977, no. 14, not illustrated.

The present work is recorded in the Emil Carlsen Archives ( u www.emilcarlsen.org /u ). We wish to thank Bill Indursky, Archive Director at the Emil Carlsen Archives, New York, for his assistance cataloguing this lot.

Carlsen painted this work in Boston for the retirement of the ship "The Constitution" in 1881.



More information about Emil Carlsen. See also: Carlsen, Emil, Carlsen, S. Emil, Carlsen, Sören Emil, Carlsen, Soren Emil Artist.

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