Lot 343
  • 343

Joseph Cornell

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Joseph Cornell
  • Untitled
  • paper collage mounted to paperboard
  • 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 in.
  • 16.5 by 11.5 cm.
  • Executed circa 1931.

Provenance

Gift of the artist to the previous owner
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Diane Waldman, Joseph Cornell, Master of Dreams, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2002, p. 19, illustrated (backwards)

Condition

Not examined out of frame; whole sheet visible. In good condition aside from slight discoloration. Slight wear at adges and corners and scratch and fold lower left (possibly inherent to artist's intent).
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