Venice

Artist Emil Carlsen American, born Denmark, 1853–1932

Datecirca 1909

MediumOil on canvasboard mounted on laminated support (paperboard on wood on paperboard)

Dimensionsoverall: 8 5/8 × 10 in. (21.9 × 25.4 cm)
frame: 15 3/4 × 17 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (40 × 43.8 × 4.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Fabius B. Pendleton in memory of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington

Object numberG.71.40.2

On View

Not on view

Provenance**Created New York, ca. 1909. [Ferargil Galleries, New York] [1]; Katherine Pendleton Arrington (1876–1955), Warrenton, NC; to nephew Fabius P. Pendleton, Raleigh, NC; given to NCMA, 1971.

[1] Per label.
Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1973), listed 40.

American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Asheville: Asheville Art Museum, 1976), listed 6.

Margaretta M. Lovell, Venice: The American View, 1860-1920 (exhibition catalogue) (San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1984), cat. no. 9, illus.
Exhibition HistoryWarrenton, NC, Warren County Public Library, "Art Exhibition under the Auspices of The Woman's Club of Warrenton, N.C.," February 18-March 1, [1929], listed in brochure (collection of Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington).

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 16-June 27, 1976, listed 6.

Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, December 5, 1980-January 25, 1981.

San Francisco, CA, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Venice: The American View," October 20, 1984-January 20, 1985; Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, February 27-April 21, 1985, cat. no. 9, illus.

North Wilkesboro, NC, Wilkes Art Gallery, "North American Landscapes from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 18-April 5, 1988.

Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Bicentennial/Bicentennial: American Paintings and Audubon Prints from the North Carolina Museum of Art," October 29-December 3, 1989.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Paintings from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 5-April 28, 1991.

Lexington, NC, Davidson County Art Guild, "American Portraits and Landscapes from the North Carolina Museum of Art," April 2-30, 1992 (outreach).
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