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Property from an Important Private Collection

Joseph Cornell

The View at Ostend

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Joseph Cornell

1903 - 1972


The View at Ostend

signed Joseph Cornell and titled (on the reverse)

metal rods, ring, nails, glass, plastic ball and shells in glass and painted wood box construction

8½ by 11¼ by 3⅞ in.

21.6 by 28.6 by 9.8 cm.

Executed circa 1954.

Daniel Varenne, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection
Sotheby's London, 1 July 1982, lot 359
Waddington Gallery, London
Acquired from the above in 1984 by the present owner 
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris & Maison de la culture de Rennes, Boîtes, 1976-1977