Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
JOSEPH CORNELL | SOAP BUBBLE SET (ECLIPSING BINARY, ALGOL WITH MAGNITUDE CHANGES)
Auction Closed
June 30, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
JOSEPH CORNELL
1903 - 1972
SOAP BUBBLE SET (ECLIPSING BINARY, ALGOL WITH MAGNITUDE CHANGES)
signed and titled on the reverse
painted wood and glass box construction with metal rods, ring, nails, glass, plastic ball, clay pipe and collaged elements
10 by 14 by 3¾ in. 25.4 by 35.6 by 9.5 cm.
Executed circa 1960.
ACA Galleries, New York
Collection of Mrs. Edward Halper, Illinois
Private Collection
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1986, Lot 50
Collection of Allan Stone, New York
Sotheby's, New York, 23 September 2011, Lot 18
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
New York, ACA Galleries, Joseph Cornell, May 1975, cat. no. 14, illustrated
New York, Whitney Downtown, 25 Stills: Exhibition of Still Lifes, 1975