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Joseph Cornell
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
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Description
- Joseph Cornell
- Untitled (Juan Gris series, Le Soir)
- signed on a label affixed to the reverse
- wood, paper collage, corkball, metal hoop, chain and mirror in glass and wood box constructionÂ
- 19 1/2 by 12 by 5 in. 49.5 by 30.5 by 12.7 cm.
- Executed in 1953-1954.
Provenance
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1981
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1981
Catalogue Note
“Cornell's works speak for themselves. They are mysterious little worlds that have a great deal to do with nostalgia for some past time. Cornell invites you to look at the world he creates but never really to get involved in that world. There's always glass to keep you out. 'Look, but don't touch.' It's almost as though he's sharing some kind of a recollection with you, telling you little stories."
Allan Stone in Exh. Cat., New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Joseph Cornell, 2002, pp. 6-7