PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BETTY FREEMAN
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
The Birth of the Nuclear Atom
Details
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
The Birth of the Nuclear Atom
signed and titled 'The Birth of the Nuclear Atom Joseph Cornell' (on paper labels affixed to the reverse)
wood box construction -- glass, gouache, metal, cork and printed paper collage
9¾ x 15 x 3¾ in. (24.8 x 38.1 x 9.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1960.
The Birth of the Nuclear Atom
signed and titled 'The Birth of the Nuclear Atom Joseph Cornell' (on paper labels affixed to the reverse)
wood box construction -- glass, gouache, metal, cork and printed paper collage
9¾ x 15 x 3¾ in. (24.8 x 38.1 x 9.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1960.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner circa 1965
Exhibited
Pasadena Art Museum, An Exhibition of Works by Joseph Cornell, December 1966-February 1967, p.51, no. 56 (illustrated).
Pasadena Art Museum, 1967-1974 (on extended loan).
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Düsseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle; Florence, Palazzo Vecchio; Paris, Museé d'Arte Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Cornell, October 1980-March 1982, p. 292, no. 207 (illustrated).
Pasadena Art Museum, 1967-1974 (on extended loan).
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Düsseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle; Florence, Palazzo Vecchio; Paris, Museé d'Arte Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Cornell, October 1980-March 1982, p. 292, no. 207 (illustrated).
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