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Distance to the Moon
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Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Distance to the Moon
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse) and titled 'Distance to the Moon' (on printed paper collage affixed to the reverse)
box construction--printed paper, glass, steel, painted wood, rings and bangle, corkbobber and yellow sand
9½ x 14 7/8 x 3¾ in. (24.1 x 37.7 x 9.5 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Distance to the Moon
signed 'Joseph Cornell' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse) and titled 'Distance to the Moon' (on printed paper collage affixed to the reverse)
box construction--printed paper, glass, steel, painted wood, rings and bangle, corkbobber and yellow sand
9½ x 14 7/8 x 3¾ in. (24.1 x 37.7 x 9.5 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Provenance
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972
Literature
P. Rylands, ed., Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, New York, 2011, p. 10, fig. 1 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria Galatea, Joseph Cornell, October-November 1971.
Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Joseph Cornell--Boxes and Collages, January-February 1972.
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Joseph Cornell, November 1972-January 1973 (illustrated).
Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Joseph Cornell--Boxes and Collages, January-February 1972.
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Joseph Cornell, November 1972-January 1973 (illustrated).
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