Untitled (Soap Bubble Night Skies Variant)
Details
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Untitled (Soap Bubble Night Skies Variant)
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
wood box construction--seashell, seahorse, cork, glass, nails, metal rod, painted wood and printed paper collage
7¼ x 12½ x 2¾ in. (18.5 x 32 x 6.5 cm.)
Executed in 1959.
Untitled (Soap Bubble Night Skies Variant)
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
wood box construction--seashell, seahorse, cork, glass, nails, metal rod, painted wood and printed paper collage
7¼ x 12½ x 2¾ in. (18.5 x 32 x 6.5 cm.)
Executed in 1959.
Provenance
The Estate of Joseph Cornell, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
The Pace Gallery, New York
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 5 May 1987, lot 106
Herbert and Nora Kaye Ross, Palm Beach
Their sale; Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, 5 December 1988, lot 76
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
The Pace Gallery, New York
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 5 May 1987, lot 106
Herbert and Nora Kaye Ross, Palm Beach
Their sale; Bonhams and Butterfields, San Francisco, 5 December 1988, lot 76
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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