Lot 29
  • 29

Joseph Cornell

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Joseph Cornell
  • Untitled, Star Chrysalis and Miss Mary Taylor: three works
  • i) signed and inscribed
    ii) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 1933 on the reverse
    iii) titled on the reverse
  • photomontage mounted to paperboard
  • each: 10 by 7 1/2 in.
  • 25.4 by 19 cm.
  • i, iii) Executed circa 1933.

Provenance

The Artist
The Collection of Helen Cornell (artist's sister)
Thence by descent to present owner

Condition

i) Overall discoloration; wear to corners with some loss; pin hole upper right corner; some surface dirt. ii) Overall discoloration; wear to corners with some loss; some surface dirt. Two dates on the reverse, one is Mar 15 1933 (in ink) and other is Dec 5 1933 (in pencil). Signature is crossed out in pencil iii) Overall discoloration; wear to cornerswith some loss; pin hole lower left corner; some surface dirt All three unframed.
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